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

Chlorophyll

Chloroplasts

Glucose

Producers

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

False

True

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

False

True

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

Decomposers

Consumers

Producers

Respiration

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

Combustion

The Carbon Cycle

Photosynthesis

Fossil Fuels

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

Slow Track

Decomposers

Fast Track

Chlorophyll

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

False

True

Pick one way that carbon is released into the air.

Respiration

The Ocean

Photosynthesis

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

Photosynthesis

Decomposers

Aerobic Respiration

Producers

These breakdown the remains of dead organisms...

Greenhouse Gases

Fossil Fuels

Factory Emissions

Decomposers

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

Burning less fossil fuels

Eating fast food

Restpring habitats

Planting Trees

The fast track can take minutes to years to complete.

False

True

The rainforest does not help remove carbon from the atmosphere.

False

True

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

Combustion

Decaying

Photosynthesis

Respiration

Respiration traps carbon into compounds and photosynthesis releases it.

True

False

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

False

True

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

Photosynthesis

Chlorophyll

Cellular Respiration

Glucose

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

True

False

Most carbon on Earth is recycled through a fast track

False

True

How is carbon involved in photosynthesis?

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.

Plants use carbon from carbon dioxide to make glucose.

How much carbon is in the human body?

30%

8%

25%

18%