Water and Carbon Cycles

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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Which process converts carbon in the form of sugar into carbon dioxide gas?

• Bioremediation

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular respiration

• Transpiration

Combustion is another word for _______________.

• a train
• a bus
• a dog
• burning

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Carbon can be found in...?

• The atmosphere
• Inside of the Earth
• Fossil fuels
• All of the above!

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How do animals get carbon?

• By eating plants and or other animals.

• They absorb it from the atmosphere.

• From the ground

• They do not get carbon from anywhere.

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What are fossil fuels made from?

• Plants and animals that are buried underground for millions of years.

• They absorb it from the atmosphere.

• Water

• Wind

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How is the carbon cycle similar to the water cycle?

• Both involve liquid substances falling to the Earth from the atmosphere?

• Neither process works at low temperature.

• Both involve the transfer of substances between animals, plants, and the Earth.

• Both involve the transfer of substances between the earth and outer space.

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Why are clouds a key element of the water cycle?

• increase amount of water on the planet
• protect land from sunlight
• lower temperature of the air
• transport water from one part of the planet to another

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What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?

• volcanoes
• the sun
• lightning
• wind

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