Carbon Cycle

Question 1

The carbon cycle deals with the recycling of carbon dioxide by…. (name what type of process[es])

Answer 1

natural and man-made processes

Question 2

The weathering of chalk, limestone and marble causes what?

Answer 2

Carbon dioxide to be released into the air.

Question 3

How do plants give carbon dioxide through animals?

Answer 3

The plants give food to animals and the animals produce carbon dioxide through decay and respiration.

Question 4

Plants give carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. What else to plants produce that can also produce carbon dioxide?

Answer 4

Wood, peat, coal, and oil can produce carbon dioxide through decay and burning.

Question 5

What happens to the carbon in the atmosphere when it rains?

Answer 5

Carbonic acid is formed when rain falls which produces hard water?

Question 6

How does hard water lead to the development of chalk, limestone and marble?

Answer 6

Hard water produces shells which produce chalk, limestone and marble.

Question 7

What are the 4 ways carbon dioxide can be added to the atmosphere?

Answer 7

By respiration, thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate (ie. The breakdown of limestone etc.), the processes of ,combustion, and fermentation

Question 8

How is carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere?

Answer 8

By the solution of the gas in water due to rainfall, and photosynthesis