The Carbon Cycle COPY

Question 1

What is carbon dioxide is removed from the environment by

Answer 1

Green plants and algae during photosynthesis

Question 2

What is the carbon from the carbon dioxide used for

Answer 2

To make carbohydrates, fats and proteins, which make up the body of plants and algae

Question 3

When green plants and algae respire,

Answer 3

Some of this carbon becomes carbon dioxide and is released into the atmosphere.

Question 4

When green plants and algae are eaten by animals and these animals are eaten by other animals,

Answer 4

some of the carbon becomes part of the fats and proteins that make up their bodies

Question 5

When animals respire,

Answer 5

Some of this carbon becomes carbon dioxide as it is released into the atmosphere.

Question 6

When plants, algae and animals die,

Answer 6

Some animals and micro organisms feed on their bodies

Question 7

When micro organisms respire

Answer 7

Carbon is released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

Question 8

By the time micro organisms and detritus feeders have broken down the waste products and dead bodies of organisms in ecosystems and cycled the materials as plant nutrients,

Answer 8

All the energy originally absorbed by green plants and algae has been transferred

Question 9

Combination of…… And …..releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

Answer 9

Wood and fossil fuels