Carbon Cycle

• What is the word equation for combustion?

  Fuel + Oxygen --> carbon dioxide + water
• what is the word equation for photosynthesis

  carbon dioxide + water ---> glucose + oxygen
• what is the word equation for respiration

  glucose + oxygen ---> carbon dioxide + water
• Carbon is stored in many different compounds across and ecosystem

  • atmosphere
  • ocean
  • limestone rocks
  • fossil fuels
  • plants
  • animals
  • soil
• carbon moves through these stores via the following processes:

  • photosynthesis
  • burning/combustion
  • respiration
  • decay
  • feeding dissolving