04 Carbon Cycle Flashcards
REMINDER (do not put this card to 5 until the end!)
see section 04 to study the carbon cycle diagram!
does photosynthesis add or remove carbon from the environment
removes it
in what kinds of living things is photosynthesis occurring on water and land?
water: algaeLand: plants
suggest why the destruction of trees in rain forests isharmful?
rainforests/trees/plants remove co2 from the environment. with the removal of tree’s/rainforests, not only can they no longer remove co2 from the environment, but they may release more co2 which they were containing into the environment
a thin layer of water is defined as the what?
hydrosphere
a thin layer of air is defined as what?
atmosphere
a thin layer of land is defined as what?
lithosphere or geosphere
what is diffusion
co2 spreading throughout the atmosphere
photosynthesis does what to carbon in the atmosphere
takes carbon out
respiration does what to carbon in the atmosphere
puts carbon in
what is another word for burning
combustion