APES Carbon Cycle

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What does not produce carbon dioxide? Options: Photosynthesis, Burning Fossil Fuels, Animal respiration, Plants decaying

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Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere? Options: Combustion, Respiration, Photosynthesis, Death

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Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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The amount of primary productivity generated by all producers in a given ecosystem is called __________________________________

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Gross primary production

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Characteristics of Coniferous (Boreal) forests:

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Pine forests, cold winters, spring water movement, large mammals, and no reptiles.

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If you are an organism whose realized niche is to break down organic matter from the ecosystem into nutrients, you are probably a ____________. Options: Producer, Herbivore, Primary consumer, Decomposer

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Decomposer

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What is the effect of deforestation on the carbon cycle?

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Increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

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Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere? Options: cooking with gas, planting trees, burning wood, riding in a bus

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planting trees

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When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide. Options: Water, Atmosphere, Sun, Air

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Atmosphere

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Why is the ocean important to the carbon cycle?

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It keeps sediment containing carbon underwater for millions of years.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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What is happening at 1?

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respiration: releasing CO2

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3