The Carbon Cycle Vocabulary Quiz

harmful material that can enter the biosphere through the land, air, or water

• Atmosphere

• Acid rain

• CO₃

• Pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

To happen, repeat, over and over (verb); A series of events that happen over and over again.

• Circle

• Cycle

• Rerun

• Return

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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a form of carbon in the atmosphere that is a pollutant when there is too much of it

• Carbon

• Carbon monoxide

• Carbon dioxide

• Carbonic acid

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the MOST important building block for life; part of making (producing) glucose in cells

• carbon

• hydrogen

• oxygen

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

cycle where plants and animals die depositing carbon in the ground; how carbon moves into and out of the lithosphere; the big difference is long term carbon cycle has rocks

• Last term carbon cycle

• Long term carbon cycle

• Short term carbon cycle

• Simple term carbon cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

C = glucose in plants; CO2 in air, hydrocarbons in coal (rocks and soil); blue carbon in the oceans

• Forms of pollution

• Forms of community recycling

• Forms of carbon that cycle on Earth

• Forms of global warming

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plants convert carbon in the air to organic matter(photosynthesis and respiration); how carbon move through the surface reservoirs

• Last carbon cycle

• Long term carbon cycle

• Short term carbon cycle

• Simple term carbon cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars

• Combustion

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Combining or bringing together two or more parts, things, or elements to produce something new.

• Collusion

• Decomposition

• Respiration

• Synthesis

the process of breaking down dead plants and animals (and other materials) into their simpler elements; rot and decay

• Composition

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3