Carbon Cycle

Front

How does the carbon in grass become part of a lion?

Back

The carbon ends up in the lion's food chain. 

Front

Organisms that do not decompose naturally can be buried and become what?

Back

fossil fuels

Front

If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would _________.

Back

Increase

Front

Combustion is another word for __________.

Back

Burning

Front

What are the end products of cellular respiration?

Back

Carbon dioxide, water and ATP energy

Front

How does the human body return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

Back

Cellular respiration

Front

In the carbon cycle, animals can release carbon back into the cycle through __________ or through __________.

Back

respiration . . . decomposition

Front

If a forest fire occurs, what will happen to the carbon in the forest?

Back

It will go into the atmosphere

Front

Where does all the carbon in organisms (living things) originate from?

Back

Earth's atmosphere

Front

What kind of organism takes out the most carbon from the atmosphere?

Back

Plants