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Each time you exhale (breathe) you are releasing carbon dioxide into the air.

True

False

The rainforest does not help remove carbon from the atmosphere.

True

False

Respiration traps carbon into compounds and photosynthesis releases it.

False

True

This is a green pigment molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight...

Photosynthesis

Chlorophyll

Glucose

Cellular Respiration

The fast track can take minutes to years to complete.

True

False

This is what carbon is recycled through and can take millions of years...

Chlorophyll

Decomposers

Fast Track

Slow Track

Plants, algae, and some bacteria are known as...

Chloroplasts

Producers

Chlorophyll

Glucose

Most carbon on Earth is recycled through a fast track

True

False

Carbon is released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned.

True

False

Carbon dioxide is also released from rock through weathering and erosion.

False

True

Oceans play a major role in the carbon cycle by absorbing carbon dioxide.

True

False

Pick one way that carbon is released into the air.

Respiration

Photosynthesis

The Ocean

These breakdown the remains of dead organisms...

Factory Emissions

Greenhouse Gases

Decomposers

Fossil Fuels

How much carbon is in the human body?

8%

30%

25%

18%

Millions of yrs ago, remains of plants became buried in sediment under swamps and became coal.

False

True

Ocean water does a lot to remove excess carbon from the atmosphere.

False

True

________ break down the carbon compounds when organisms die and release carbon as CO2.

Respiration

Decomposers

Producers

Consumers

Humans can only impact the carbon cycle in a negative way.

True

False

How is carbon involved in photosynthesis?

Plants use carbon from carbon dioxide to make glucose.

Organisms release carbon from bodies of dead animals.

Carbon in fossil fuels is released through burning.

Animals break down the glucose to release carbon in CO2.

What is the process called when a substance combines with oxygen to release light and heat?

Photosynthesis

Decaying

Combustion

Respiration

The process through which green plants use the energy of sunlight to make food is called...

Combustion

Photosynthesis

The Carbon Cycle

Fossil Fuels

Which human activity DOES NOT help remove carbon dioxide from the carbon cycle?

Burning less fossil fuels

Eating fast food

Restpring habitats

Planting Trees

Burning fossil fuels like coal, gas, and oil releases little carbon into the air.

False

True

Plants, animals, and most other living things combine oxygen with glucose during...

Photosynthesis

Decomposers

Producers

Aerobic Respiration

When plants/animals die, the carbon in their body is either released or stored as fossil fuels.

True

False