Carbon Cycle Vocabulary

What is decomposition?

• the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back

• a compound made from carbon and oxygen

• a chemical reaction that breaks down dead plants and animals

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What are fossil fuels

• Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.

• a chemical reaction that breaks down dead plants and animals

• the release of harmful materials into the environment

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Process that requires oxygen

• Aerobic

• Anaerobic

• biological

• carbon cycle

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Process that does not require oxygen

• aerobic

• anaerobic

• biological

• Carbon Cycle

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relating to life, living things, or living processes

• Biological

• Geological

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

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the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back

• Open System

• Product

• Carbon Cycle

• Natural Resource

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process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen

• Fossil Fuel

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Aerobic

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the process of burning something

• Photosynthesis

• Carbon Cycle

• Cellular Respiration

• Combustion

A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms is called _____.

Concerned with geology, the science that deals with the physical nature of the earth is called ______.