5th Grade Science Studies Weekly "Carbon"

Animals obtain the materials they need to grow from ____________?

• water

• plants

• air

• herbivores

What are the correct steps of the carbon cycle?

• decomposer, herbivore, carnivore, atmosphere

• atmosphere, herbivore, carnivore, water

• atmosphere, plant, animal, decomposer

• air, water, mineral

Plants do not need animals to survive?

• True

• False

Decomposers break down bodies of dead organisms and release the carbon that was locked in those bodies.

• True

• False

What do plants get from soil?

• nutrients

• sugar

• energy

What is one of the most common elements on Earth?

• Gold

• Sugar

• Water

• Carbon

What percent of human bodies are carbon?

• 100

• 50

• 20

• 5

Where does carbon dioxide come from?

• animals

• rocks

• soil

• water

What gas do plants need to grow?

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• neon

How does the carbon locked in animals return to the atmosphere?

• through photosynthesis

• through

  decomposers

• by eating plants