The Importance of Carbon

Carbon Cycle 101 Review

By Tiffanie Fowlkes-Comninellis

Poll

How confident do you feel about how carbon cycles through the Earth?

• Very Confident

• Confident(ish)

• Not Confident

• What is carbon...?

Carbon is an ATOM. The carbon in living things is THE SAME as the carbon in non-living things.

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Carbon is never created or destroyed, it just CYCLES between Earth's "spheres"​

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Important Points

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Poll

Carbon in carbon dioxide that enters a tree for photosynthesis is the same as the carbon in glucose (C6H12O6) produced from photosynthesis.

• True

• False

Take out your carbon cycle model. Spend 60 seconds studying it then put it out of sight

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Poll

If I asked you what processes can cycle carbon through the atmosphere and biosphere, how confidently could you answer?

• Very confident

• Confident(ish)

• Not confident

• What is the carbon cycle?

Poll

What process removes carbon from CO2 gas and uses it to create glucose (C6H12O6)?

• volcanic eruptions

• cellular respiration

• feeding

• photosynthesis

Poll

The largest amount of carbon is stored where on Earth

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• I don't know all 4 of those vocabulary words

Poll

What processes release carbon into the atmosphere as a molecule of CO2 gas?

• volcanic eruptions

• deposition

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• combustion/

  burning

Poll

How much work do you feel is needed before you feel very confident about "how carbon cycles through the Earth's spheres?"

• I don't need to do anything

• I need to watch the animation and review my notes on my own 1-3 more times this weekend

• I need to have the teacher go over the cycle and ask us questions once more

• 0 confidence---I have no idea what is going on

Open Ended

Please spend 2 minutes reviewing your true/false statements, your notes table, and your model. Make up a quiz question based on what you know.