Carbon Cycle Quiz

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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Carbon can be found in...

• The atmosphere
• Soil
• Fossil fuels
• All of the above

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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Combustion is another word for __________.

• Transportation
• Respiration
• Fossil Fuels
• Burning

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Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 

• photosynthesis, air
• carbon, oxygen
• oxygen
• oxygen, carbon dioxide

What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?

• Decomposition
• Combustion
• Pressurization 
• Respiration 

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

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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C₆H₁₂O₆ is also known as glucose (sugar). Where is it found?

• Plants

• Animals

• Both plants and animals

• Neither plants or animals

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When humans EXHALE, we release __________________.

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Water