Carbon Cycle Review

Front

Which of these processes causes the movement of carbon from the atmosphere to the biosphere? Options: photosynthesis, respiration, decay, diffusion

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photosynthesis

Front

Which of these organisms release carbon dioxide by feeding on dead organic matter such as plants and animals? Options: producer, herbivore, decomposer, carnivore

Back

decomposer

Front

Which of these is released as a result of burning fossil fuels? ammonia, carbon dioxide, ozone, chlorine

Back

carbon dioxide

Front

By which process does carbon move from the biosphere into the geosphere? Options: tectonic activity, photosynthesis, combustion, fossil fuel formation

Back

fossil fuel formation

Front

Which gas is released during plant respiration? Options: oxygen, carbon dioxide, ammonia, nitrogen

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carbon dioxide

Front

Which organisms take in carbon dioxide? Options: humans, trees, deer, birds

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trees

Front

How does carbon get cycled back into the earth? Options: through decomposers, through the greenhouse effect, through burning of fossil fuels, through photosynthesis

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through decomposers

Front

How does carbon dioxide cycle back and forth between plants and animals?

Back

Animals breathe out carbon dioxide, and plants take in carbon dioxide.

Front

What happens when gases, like carbon dioxide, get trapped in the atmosphere?

Back

The temperature of the planet rises

Front

Which process does not add carbon to the atmosphere? Options: Photosynthesis, Burning fossil fuels, Human respiration, Decaying animals

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Photosynthesis