Carbon Cycle and Law of Conservation of Energy and Mass

Front

What process involves plants taking in carbon dioxide to produce glucose?

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

What releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when animals breathe out?

Back

Respiration

Front

Which process describes the breakdown of organic matter by bacteria and fungi?

Back

Decomposition

Front

What is the result of burning fossil fuels?

Back

Combustion

Front

Combustion is another word for __________.

Back

Burning

Front

All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.

Back

True

Front

How does carbon get into the soil?

Back

All of the above (when a human dies, when a plant dies, when an animal dies)

Front

Photosynthesis takes carbon out of ....?

Back

water and atmosphere

Front

Which process in the carbon cycle involves the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by plants and animals?

Back

Respiration

Front

What organisms in the ocean absorb the most carbon dioxide?

Back

Algae and marine plants