Cycles in Nature

When fossil fuels are burned, carbon is released to the atmosphere. This process is called

• decomposition

• incendio

• combustion

• respiration

Which process in the carbon cycle relies on the Sun to move carbon from the atmosphere to plants?

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Combustion

• Decomposition

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When animals and plants die, the process of ____________________________ breaks down carbon.

• decomposition

• combustion

• respiration

• photosythesis

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Animals exhaling carbon dioxide back to the atmosphere is an example of _________________________.

• combustion

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• decomposition

The ocean, the atmosphere, and fossil fuels are all examples of ___________________ in the carbon cycle.

• phases

• elements

• biotic factors

• reservoirs

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Which of these reservoirs absorbs the MOST carbon dioxide in the carbon cycle?

• Humans

• The ocean

• The atmosphere

• Plants

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Both the carbon cycle and the water cycle require energy from ____________________________.

• the Force

• ATP

• the wind

• the Sun

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One carbon atom could take multiple paths throughout the carbon cycle.

• True

• False

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As water droplets are warmed by the Sun, they begin to rise and change to water vapor. This phase of the water cycle is called _______________________.

• infiltration

• evaporation

• precipitation

• respiration

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The water cycle has a specific beginning and end.

• True

• False

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