PART 1: Circle the correct choice and justify your answer on the line below (Why did you

choose the answer that you did?) (3 points).

1. Plants use the carbon in carbon dioxide to (1) make their food (2) help the plant grow (3)
undergo photosynthesis (4) All of the above
Reason: _______________________________________________________________________

2. Carbon moves from plants and animals to the ground when (1) plants go through
photosynthesis (2) plants or animals die (3) only the plants die (4) only the animals die
Reason: ________________________________________________________________________

3. Organisms that live on the surface of the ocean and plants that are on land both absorb
carbon dioxide in order to go through photosynthesis. (1) True (2) False
Reason: _______________________________________________________________________

PART 2: Answer the following in complete sentences (9 points):

4. Describe one example of where carbon moves from and to in your own words. (2 pts)

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5. When does carbon move from being buried as a fossil fuel to the atmosphere? (1 pt)
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6. How are you directly a part of the carbon cycle? (2 pts)

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7. Which of the bullet points is EASIEST to understand? WHY? (2 pts)

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8. Which of the bullet points is HARDEST to understand? WHY? (2 pts)

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Name: ____________________________________ Block: ______________

Date:___________ Score _____/12

DUE: Friday, March 5, 2010

Homework #2
Overview of the Carbon Cycle
Carbon is part of the ocean, air, rocks, soil and all living things. Carbon doesn’t stay in one place. It is always on the
move!
• Carbon moves from the air to plants.
In the air, carbon is attached to oxygen in a gas called carbon dioxide. With help from the Sun, plants are abl
to pull this gas out of the air to make their food. The food is made of carbon and helps the plants to grow. Th
process is called photosynthesis.
• Carbon moves from plants to animals.
The carbon that is in plants moves to the animals that eat them. Animals that eat other animals get the carbon
from their food too.
• Carbon moves from plants and animals to the ground.
When plants and animals die, their bodies, wood and leaves decay bringing the carbon into the ground. Som
becomes buried miles underground and will become fossil fuels in millions and millions of years.
• Carbon moves from living things to the atmosphere.
Each time you exhale, you are releasing carbon dioxide gas into the air. Animals get rid of carbon dioxide ga
by exhaling. Even plants have a special way to exhale to get rid of carbon dioxide gas!
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