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Most carbon on Earth is recycled through a fast track

True

False

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

Chlorophyll

Decomposers

Fast Track

Slow Track

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

Consumers

Producers

Respiration

Decomposers

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

False

True

Respiration traps carbon into compounds and photosynthesis releases it.

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.

Animals break down the glucose to release carbon in CO2.

Carbon in fossil fuels is released through burning.

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

Chloroplasts

Chlorophyll

Producers

Glucose

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

Restpring habitats

Burning less fossil fuels

Eating fast food

Planting Trees

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

False

True

Pick one way that carbon is released into the air.

The Ocean

Respiration

Photosynthesis

How much carbon is in the human body?

18%

8%

30%

25%

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

False

True

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

True

False

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

The Carbon Cycle

Combustion

Fossil Fuels

Photosynthesis

These breakdown the remains of dead organisms...

Greenhouse Gases

Fossil Fuels

Factory Emissions

Decomposers

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

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.

False

True

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

False

True

The fast track can take minutes to years to complete.

True

False

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

Decomposers

Photosynthesis

Aerobic Respiration

Producers

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

True

False

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

Photosynthesis

Respiration

Combustion

Decaying

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

False

True

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

Chlorophyll

Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis

Glucose