Carbon Cycle affecting Climate Change

Carbon is ...

• a big part to the change of climate.

• Used by living things for energy and structure

• a part of

  ANYTHING

  alive or once alive

• All of the above.

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How common is carbon compared to other elements on the Earth?

• Carbon is first on the periodic table.

• Carbon is one of the US amendments.

• Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe

Carbon is usually found as _____________ in the atmosphere.

• Air

• Photosynthesis

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

How does Carbon go from the atmosphere to plants ?

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What is happening here?

• Biotic and Abiotic

• Carbon going from Plants to Animals.

• The carbon in CO2 becomes sugar.

• Respiration

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How does Carbon travel from Plants to animals ?

• Photosynthesis

• Animals eat plants

• Decay and Burial

• animals eat animals which ate plants

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What is one way Humans send Carbon back to the Atmosphere ?

• Animals eating plants

• Respiration.

• Biotic and Abiotic

• Photosynthesis.

For the journey of Carbon, what forms after Plant and Animal matter die off ?

• Loki: Phase 4

• Animals

• Fossil Fuels

• Rock formation

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What two biological processes contribute significantly to the cycling of carbon?

• Weathering

• Photosynthesis

• Deposition

• Respiration

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How is CO2 is a contributor of the Greenhouse effect ?

• It decays plant and animal matter.

• It helps trap infrared radiation.

• It helps with the process of Respiration.

• CO2 is the best greenhouse solution to fight climate change.

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