Carbon Cycle Gizmo Review

The Earth is broken up into four spheres. Which sphere contains plants, animals, bacteria and fungi?

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

The Earth is broken up into four spheres. Which sphere contains dirt, rocks and fossil fuels?

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The Earth is broken up into four spheres. Which sphere contains the oceans, ice caps and glaciers?

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The Earth is broken up into four spheres. Which sphere contains carbon dioxide, oxygen gas, and nitrogen gas?

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

Carbon can move back and worth between the atmosphere and oceans by ______.

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Decomposition

• Dissolving

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Carbon moves from the atmosphere as a gas (CO2) into the plant becoming a sugar (glucose) molecule in the process of

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Decomposition

• Consumption/Eating

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

For an animal to get its much need carbon it must

• Breath in CO2

• Consumption or eating plants or other animals that contain carbon

• Dissolve directly into our blood from the atmosphere

How does carbon get returned to the atmosphere by animals, plants, decomposers and microbes?

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Decomposition

• Combustion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How is it possible for carbon to get into the soil?

• Decomposers break down carbon from dead organisms, dead plant matter and waste.

• It is not possible for carbon to get into the soil

• Plants that don't use all the CO2 for photosynthesis puts the excess CO2 into the soil

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Based on this image, how much carbon is REMOVED from the Atmosphere by Land Plants?

• 2 GtC

• 9 GtC

• 60 GtC

• 63 GtC

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3