Carbon Cycle

Question 1

Part 1 of the Carbon Cycle:

Answer 1

Carbon dioxide is taken in by the trees and plants (photosynthesis)

Question 2

Part 2 of Carbon Cycle:

Answer 2

Then animals eat that and respire it back into the atmosphere

Question 3

Step 3 in the Carbon Cycle:

Answer 3

As the animal breathes and decomposes, the Carbon is brought back into the atmosphere

Question 4

Step 4 in the Carbon Cycle:

Answer 4

The animal can also continue to decompose until it turns to fossil fuels which humans burn. That then releases into the atmosphere

Question 5

Step 5 in the Carbon Cycle:

Answer 5

The ocean then can also absorb the Carbon

Question 6

What’s another word for a organism that contains Carbon?

Answer 6

Organic substance

Question 7

What are Carbon sinks?

Answer 7

Places that store Carbon are called Carbon sinks or reservoirs e.g. A forest full of trees

Question 8

What is a Carbon source?

Answer 8

Where Carbon is given off or released in great quantities e.g. a volcano