Carbon Cycle

Of the two Carbon cycles, geological and biological, which one releases 1,000 times as much carbon into the atmosphere as the other.

• Biological

• Geological

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Diffusion is the process where carbon is absorbed and _______________ at the interface of the oceans’ surface and surrounding air.

• dissolved

• precipitated

• released

• abducted

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

________________ is the reverse of photosynthesis, turning sugars back into carbon dioxide.

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

• combustion

Which of the following does NOT respire.

• Marine Life

• Plants

• Animals

• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Carbon enters the soil through ________________________ of organic matter by microorganisms.

• combustion

• precipitate of minerals

• decomposition

• consumption

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organic matter buried over millions of years form deposits of coal and oil that we call_____________________.

• dinosaurs

• fossil fuels

• subduction

• limestone

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

____________________ , hot springs and tectonic uplift all release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

• Plants

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Bacteria

Through seafloor spreading and _________________ , carbon baring sediment is pushed under continental margins where it heats up and pushed to the surface as volcanoes.

• combustion

• subduction

• heating

• volcanism

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Minerals are ___________________ out of solid rock by acid rain.

• precipitated

• created

• dissolved

• discovered

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

When minerals carried by surface water into oceans precipitate out they form solid rocks such as Calcite and _____________ .

• Shale

• Quartz

• Basalt

• Limestone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1