Biology Carbon Cycle Enviornment

• The carbon cycle is the movement of carbon between living organisms, the atmosphere, and non-living reservoirs.
• Photosynthesis is a process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
• Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are found in all organic compounds.
• Respiration is a process that happens in all living things and adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
• Combustion is a process that causes an imbalance in the carbon cycle.
• Glucose is not a type of fossil fuel.
• The biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere are all carbon sinks.
• The geosphere is the largest carbon sink.
• Carbon can get cycled back into the earth through decomposition.
• When fossil fuels are made, burned, and absorbed into the ocean, the carbon cycle flows through the geosphere -> atmosphere -> hydrosphere.
• Carbon dioxide and methane gas are also known as greenhouse gases.
• Decomposition is the breakdown of dead plants and animals.
• One direct effect of increased carbon dioxide in the earths atmosphere is the absorption of more carbon dioxide by the ocean.
• Decomposition returns nutrients to the soil to be taken up by plants.
• Living things need carbon to make proteins.
• Humans are changing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels.
• Carbon dioxide traps heat in our atmosphere and the ocean is a carbon sink.
• Carbon sequestration seeks to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
• Macromolecules or organic compounds in biology are polymers that are made up of monomers.
• Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to increased global warming.
• Fossil fuels used to be a carbon sink but are now a carbon source.
• A carbon sink is where carbon is stored.
• Lipids do not act as a set of biological instructions (dna).
• Proteins do not code for carbohydrates.
• Photosynthesis removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere