Multiple Choice DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer. 1. Which TWO (2) ways does carbon directly enter the atmosphere? Select TWO (2) of the following answer options. a. human emissions b. creation of ocean sediments c. chemical weathering of rock d. photosynthesis from organism e. respiration from organisms 2. How do plants most affect global temperature? a. Plants capture carbon dioxide and store carbon from the atmosphere, keeping global temperatures stable. b. Plants release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere through respiration, causing temperatures to decrease. c. Plants that are consumed remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, keeping Global temperature stable. d. Plants decompose and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing global temperatures to increase. 3. Based on the information in the passage, how are humans affecting carbon storage? a. They are moving carbon from the last cycle to the slow cycle, leading to an increase in the storage of carbon in Earth's biosphere and geosphere. b. They are removing carbon from the slow cycle to the fast cycle, leading to an increase in the storage of carbon in Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere. c. They are moving carbon from the flow cycle to the cycle, leading to an increase in the stores of carbon in Earth's biosphere and geosphere. d. They are moving carbon from the fast cycle to the slow cycle, leading to an increase in the storage of carbon in Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere.
Atmospheric Pollution
In the atmosphere, the existence of large quantities of undesirable substances that could cause several health issues to living organisms and humans is atmospheric pollution. Air pollution is otherwise known to be atmospheric pollution. The presence of undesirable materials would also destruct the natural environment such as a change in climate, degradation of habitat, or depletion of ozone. Air pollution is generated by the natural processes and activities of humans.
Smokestack Scrubbers
Once we believe in the environment and remember the pollution-producing facets of it, we will consider the smoke-stacks scrubber to be a number of the worst offenders. Although this is often legally correct, smoke-stack scrubbers often have a big function in terms of keeping ground-level air pollutants- safe to breathe and assisting within the management of emissions.
![MEDIUM: Carbon and the Ocean
The Carbon Cycle
The carbon cycle on Earth can be described in terms of both fast and slow processes.
The fast carbon cycle moves millions of tons of carbon through life forms on Earth each year. Plants and
phytoplankton play a major role in the fast carbon cycle because they use carbon from the atmosphere to
create food for themselves and other organisms on the planet. Living organisms then release most of this
carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.
The slow carbon cycle may also involve living organisms or organisms that were once living, but it generally
involves Earth's natural processes over a period of 100-200 million years. For instance, during certain time
periods, as carbon dioxide levels rise, global temperatures rise as well, leading to increased rainfall. An
increase in rainfall dissolves more rock and creates ions, which deposit more carbon into the ocean floor
when they are washed into Earth's oceans. Without human interference, the rate at which the oceans vent
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is balanced with the amount of carbon the ocean receives.
The image shows the movement of carbon (in gigatons) between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere,
and biosphere.
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Photosynthesis
Plant
respiration
Human
emissions
90+2
20
Plant
biomass
(550)
Key
Soll carbon
(2,300)
Fossil carbon
(10,000)
Stored Carbon
60
Microbial respiration
and decomposition
Natural Res
Phytoplankton
photosynthesis
Air-sea
gas exchange
Ocean sediments
Human Contributions
PHOENEN OCes
Respiration and
decomposition
Deep ocean
(37,000)
07
Reactive sediments (6,000)
Multiple Choice
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer.
1. Which TWO (2) ways does carbon directly enter the atmosphere? Select TWO (2) of the following
answer options.
a. human emissions
b. creation of ocean sediments
c. chemical weathering of rock
d. photosynthesis from organism
e. respiration from organisms
2. How do plants most affect global temperature?
a. Plants capture carbon dioxide and store carbon from the atmosphere, keeping global
temperatures stable.
b. Plants release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere through respiration, causing temperatures
to decrease.
c. Plants that are consumed remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, keeping Global
temperature stable.
d. Plants decompose and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing global
temperatures to increase.
3. Based on the information in the passage, how are humans affecting carbon storage?
a. They are moving carbon from the last cycle to the slow cycle, leading to an increase in the
storage of carbon in Earth's blosphere and geosphere.
b. They are removing carbon from the slow cycle to the fast cycle, leading to an increase in the
storage
f carbon in Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere.
c. They are moving carbon from the flow cycle to the cycle, leading to an increase in the stores of
carbon in Earth's biosphere and geosphere.
d. They are moving carbon from the fast cycle to the slow cycle, leading to an increase in the
storage of carbon in Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F31c15dda-0b9f-4bd2-a2b7-d8c81fc83203%2Fa11a8014-d13b-4c2f-b1ae-b33c82f19890%2F1llkc8j_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
![Matching
DIRECTIONS: Use the word bank to complete the table to describe the movement of carbon. Each answer
may be used once.
Word Bank
Photosynthesis
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Fossilization of carbon
Carbon flows from
Atmosphere
Geosphere
6.
Geosphere
Biosphere
Carbon flows to
Biosphere
5.
Atmosphere
7.
Geosphere
Process
4.
Volcanic eruption
Cellular respiration
Chemical weathering
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