Carbon Cycle

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Science

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9th - 12th Grade

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Easy

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NGSS

MS-LS1-6, MS-LS2-3, HS-ESS2-6

Standards-aligned

Summer King

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9 Slides • 12 Questions

Multiple Choice

Why is carbon considered essential for all living organisms?

Because it forms the backbone of all organic molecules

Because it is always found as water

Because it is only present in the atmosphere

Because it is not found in plants

Open Ended

Based on the first two slides, list at least three places where carbon can be found in the environment or in living things.

Type response here

Multiple Choice

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.

Multiple Choice

During which process do plants and animals return carbon to the atmosphere?

Photosynthesis

Cellular Respiration

Decomposition

Fossil fuel combustion

Fill in the Blanks

Plants capture CO2 from the atmosphere and use it to make

Multiple Choice

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the as carbon dioxide.

Water

Atmosphere

Sun

Air

Multiple Choice

When organisms die, what process returns their carbon back into the atmosphere?

Respiration

Decomposition

Combustion

Erosion

Multiple Choice

Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

water

nutrients

air

fossil fuels

Multiple Choice

Which kind of organisms are decomposers?

Bacteria and Fungi

Fungi and Insects

Bacteria and Insects

Fungi and fruit trees

Multiple Choice

Which organisms are responsible for removing CO2 from the atmosphere and converting it into simple sugars?

Animals

Photosynthetic organisms

Fungi

Decomposers

Multiple Choice

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the as carbon dioxide.

Water

Atmosphere

Sun

Air

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of human impact on the carbon cycle?

The increased production of methane gases from cattle farms

The burning of fossil fuels

The cutting down of trees for lumber

Driving automobiles

All of the above

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