Water Cycle and Carbon Cycle #2

More than half of Earth's ___________ is created by phytoplankton in the ocean.

• oxygen

• carbon

• volcanoes

• pollution

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Which organisms are aquatic plants?

• Crabs

• Phytoplankton

• Fish

• Zooplankton

How are phytoplankton similar to trees?

• Both are at the top of the food chain

• Both conduct photosynthesis

• Both grow in soil

• Both are about the same size

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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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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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Why is burning fossil fuels harmful?

• they cause cancer

• They can get extremely hot

• it increases the amount of carbon dioxode/greenhouse gases in the air

• this would destroy fossils

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Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

• trees soak up carbon dioxide
• trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
• trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
• trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

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

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Water is stored in:

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Clouds

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water vapor is which state of matter?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

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