Vocab Quiz 11/17/16

Question 1

Combustion

Answer 1

Released carbon dioxide and water form organic molecules

Question 2

Corals and Shellfish

Answer 2

Contain carbon in their shells as carbonates

Question 3

Decomposer Organisms

Answer 3

Assimilate carbon by decomposing dead plants and animals

Question 4

Decomposition

Answer 4

Converts organic molecules into carbon dioxide and water

Question 5

Diffusion

Answer 5

Moves carbon from the air to the sea, or vice versa (depending on where there’s more and where there’s less)

Question 6

Feeding

Answer 6

Moves carbon containing organic compounds from organism to organism

Question 7

Fossil Fuels

Answer 7

Contain carbon as hydrocarbon molecules from fossilization of organic molecules.

Question 8

Fossilization

Answer 8

Converts carbonates in coral and mollusks into sedimentary rocks.

Question 9

Living Animals

Answer 9

Assimilate carbon b consuming plants

Question 10

Living Plants

Answer 10

Assimilate carbon using photosynthesis

Question 11

Oceanic Food Webs

Answer 11

Animals in oceans consume phytoplankton and other animals passing carbon through food webs.

Question 12

Photosynthesis

Answer 12

Converts carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen

Question 13

Phytoplankton

Answer 13

Assimilate carbon using photosynthesis

Question 14

Respiration

Answer 14

Converts glucose and oxygen into carbon dioxide and water

Question 15

Sea Water

Answer 15

Carbon dissolves and also forms hydrogen carbonates

Question 16

Sedimentary rocks

Answer 16

Contain carbon as carbonate compounds in rocks

Question 17

Soils and Organic molecules

Answer 17

Contain carbon in organic molecules from dead organisms which have not been decomposed