CFE Carbon Cycle

What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Animal respiration
• Plants decaying

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Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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The diagram shows the flow of organic molecules through an ecosystem. What two processes are identified by the labels X and Y?

• X : Respiration
  Y : Predation
• X : Adaptation
  Y : Decomposition
• X : Fermentation
  Y : Nitrogen Fixation
• X : Decomposition
  Y : Respiration

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When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

In what process is Carbon transformed into chemical energy?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Primary Production
• Secondary Production

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The circulation of the element Carbon among Earth's atmosphere, land, oceans, and organisms is called _____________.

• the Carbon Cycle

• the Oxygen Cycle

• the Carbon dioxide Cycle

• the Water Cycle

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Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

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How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

• respiration and photosynthesis
•  decomposition and respiration

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In the oceans; algae, plants, and other organisms use carbon from the atmosphere for ________________.

• respiration

• decomposition

• transpiration

• photosynthesis

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