The Carbon Cycle

Question 1

The Atmosphere

Answer 1

Layers of gases that surround Earth.

• Example: Troposphere-
  - Where weather occurs
  - Where we live/where life is

Question 2

Carbon

Answer 2

Chemical element

Question 3

Biosphere

Answer 3

area of the planet where organisms live

Question 4

Geosphere

Answer 4

regions matter that makes up the earth (rock)

Question 5

Hydrosphere

Answer 5

all the waters on the earth’s surface, and over the earth’s surface (clouds)

Question 6

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Answer 6

• It is a Greenhouse gas
• Plants use it for Photosynthesis
• Is involved with Climate change, and greenhouse effect (fossil fuel exhaust)

Question 7

Cellular Respiration

Answer 7

• cells take in Oxygen and Glucose sugar and break it down to produce carbon dioxide, water and\ stored energy
• O2 + C6-H12-O6 ➡ CO2, H2O, ATP

Question 8

Photosynthesis

Answer 8

• Plants take in carbon dioxide and water and use light to convert to Oxygen and Glucose
• CO2 + H2O (Using Sunlight)➡ O2 + C6-H12-O6
• In the summer/spring, the amount of carbon goes down the atmosphere (tree leaves taking in the CO2)
• In the winter/fall, the amount of carbon goes up the atmosphere (tree leave die; can’t take in the CO2)

Question 9

Decomposition

Answer 9

Rotting/decaying

Question 10

Sedimentation

Answer 10

The layering of different dead or decaying organisms and/or rock, silt, or mud.

Question 11

Climate Change

Answer 11

the changing of temperature in the different climate and/or different areas of the world over a period of time.

Question 12

Greenhouse Gases

Answer 12

• Trap warm air from rising out of earth’s atmosphere
• Absorbs infrared radiation
• Examples: carbon, Methane, Nitrous Oxide

Question 13

Fossil Fuels

Answer 13

• Examples: Natural Gas, Coal, Crude Oil
• Made from dead geological remains of living organisms.
• Burned to produce energy (heat, electricity)