The carbon cycle

• The carbon cycle 1

  • plants will remove CO2 from the atmosphere

  
  

  • these plants will use the CO2 to make glucose

  
  

  • plant respiration will release CO2 into the atmosphere

  
  

  • animals will eat the plants which contain carbon
• The carbon cycle 2

  • animals and plants will eventually die and decay due to microbial/bacterial action releasing CO2

  
  

  • the combustion/burning of fossil fuels will release CO2 into the atmosphere

  
  

  • the burning of carbon based products made from trees will release CO2 into the atmosphere
• The carbon cycle involves the removal of CO2 in photosynthesis, its return through respiration and combustion, and decomposition and composting processes
• Timeline ( start from carbon in dead and decaying matter)

  A) decomposers

  B) atmosphere

  C) respiration

  D) carbon dioxide in the atmposhere

  E) photosynthesis

  F) carbohydrates

  G) fossilisation

  H) carbon

  I) carbon is realeased into the atmosphere

  J) combustion