Carbon Cycle and Sustaible Agriculture

Open Ended

How do humans participate in the cycling of matter within ecosystems?

Multiple Choice

Why is the cycling of matter important for the survival of ecosystems?

• It allows matter to be reused and supports life processes

• It prevents energy from flowing through ecosystems

• It keeps all matter in one place permanently

• It stops organisms from consuming each other

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes how ecosystems maintain a delicate balance?

• By continuously renewing water and nutrients through cycles

• By introducing new elements from outer space

• By keeping all nutrients in one place

• By preventing any change in the environment

Multiple Select

Which of the following processes are part of the water cycle?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Condensation

Open Ended

Why does the water cycle have no beginning and no end?

Multiple Choice

During the carbon cycle, carbon moves between which two types of ecosystem features?

• Biotic and abiotic

• Solid and liquid

• Living and extinct

• Natural and artificial

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a carbon deposit mentioned in the lesson?

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural gas

• Plastic

Multiple Choice

Which process in the carbon cycle is responsible for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converting it into organic matter?

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Combustion

• Decomposition

Open Ended

Explain how human activities such as auto emissions and deforestation impact the carbon cycle.

Open Ended

Compare the main differences between the carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle as shown in the diagrams.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are ways nitrogen is converted into a usable form for living organisms?

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria

• Lightning

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

Multiple Choice

What are the main types of matter that cycle between abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living) components in ecosystems?

• Carbon, water, nitrogen

• Oxygen, hydrogen, helium

• Iron, copper, gold

• Sulfur, phosphorus, chlorine

Open Ended

Summarize how matter cycles through ecosystems and explain why it does not stay in one place forever.

How can farmers prevent it?

​Where does the extra nutrients come from?

​What is Eutriphication?

Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92TFJTtuq6k

Draw a labelled diaagram with each step of the process including affects on marine organisims

Vertical Farming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9jXW9r1xr8

Design Your own Sustainable Farm

​Use the paper provided to draw and describe what sustainable practices you would use and why.

Work with your table partner. You will present this to the class tomorrow.