Carbon Cycle

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Plant process that converts carbon dioxide into carbohydrates.

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Photosynthesis

Front

Converting inorganic carbon into organic carbon.

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Carbon Fixation

Front

The process of burning fuels that releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

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Combustion

Front

The process of living organisms that uses carbohydrates and releases carbon dioxide

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Cellular Respiration

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Sugar made by plants

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Carbohydrates

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Why is recycling of carbon essential to living organisms?

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Carbon is needed to make organic molecules.

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Through which process do living organisms release carbon into the atmosphere?

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Cellular Respiration

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A decrease in atmosphere carbon dioxide would cause the most direct decrease in which of the following in an ecosystem? Options: Consumers, Producers, Decomposers, Heterotrophs

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Producers

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How does carbon enter the soil? Options: Through dead organisms, Through Cellular Respiration, Through Photosynthesis, Through global warming

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Through dead organisms

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How do animals obtain carbon to be used in cellular processes? Options: By breathing CO2, By Photosynthesis, By eating plants or other animals, By carbon fixation

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By eating plants or other animals