1. If the animal population decreased, the amount of atmospheric carbon would:      A-increase   B-decrease   C-stay the same

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1. If the animal population decreased, the amount of atmospheric carbon would: 
 
  A-increase
  B-decrease
  C-stay the same
 
2.Which of the following would help the most to fight the current processes that are shifting Earth's climate?  
 
  A-reduction of atmospheric oxygen
  B-increase in atmospheric nitrogen
  C-reduction in atmospheric carbon
  D-increase in atmospheric carbon
 
3.Which of these processes produces carbon dioxide? 

  A-photosynthesis
  B-burning of fossil fuels
  C-animal perspiration
  D-planting trees
 
 
  4. What will be the most immediate effect if many trees are cleared by deforestation? 

  A-Decreased use of atmospheric carbon dioxide
  B-Increased rates of decomposition
  C-Increased production of organic compounds
  D-Decreased combustion of fossil fuels
 
5. Only humans can remove carbon from this carbon sink/reservoir.

  A-fossil fuels
  B-plants
  C-atmosphere
  D-animals
 
 
6. When humans plant more trees, carbon can begin entering the  _______________ as carbon dioxide.

     A-hydrosphere
     B-atmosphere
     C-geosphere
     D-biosphere
 
 
 
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