Exploring Earth's Carbon Cycle and Water

Where is carbon stored in the environment?

• Fossil fuels

• Wood of trees

• Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)

• All of the above

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Part of the water cycle where an excess of water runs down and does not sink into the soil and eventually makes it to the rivers, lakes, and oceans.

• aquifer

• hydro

• vapor

• runoff

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What is B?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

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An underground area that holds water is called __________.

• Permeable

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• Aeration

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Water released from clouds as rain, snow, or hail.

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

• precipitation

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Ocean acidification begins with

• pollution from ships

• carbon dioxide released from combustion

• dumping of waste from cities into the ocean

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According to this slide

• CO_2 is causing marine life to die by "poisoning" the water

• CO_2 is destroying sea shells

• CO_2 is formed from the combustion of Octane

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What is one of the main effects of Tragedy of the Commons

• Underfishing

• Overfishing

• Fish Prosperity

• Decrease in the price of fish

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The Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has made headlines because:

• it is the leading source of coal in North America

• of proposals to explore for oil there

• it is the proposed site for disposal of high-level nuclear waste

• further oil migration there is blocked by a trap

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All of the surroundings that affect living things.

• environment

• observation

• inference

• natural resources

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