Carbon Cycle

Question 1

Carbon Sink

Answer 1

A reservoir that stores more carbon than it releases
Ex) ocean, plants, soil

Question 2

Carbon Sources

Answer 2

Processes that add Carbon into the atmosphere
Ex) Fossil Fuel Combustion, Animal Agriculture, Deforestation

Question 3

Algae & phytoplankton do what

Answer 3

Take CO2 out of the ocean
(absorb, carbon sink)

Question 4

Extraction & Combustion

Answer 4

digging up or mining Fossil Fuels and burning them as energy source (releases CO2 into the atmosphere, carbon source)

Question 5

Burial

Answer 5

Turns into a carbon reservoir with time and pressure

Question 6

Fossil Fuels

Answer 6

Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

Question 7

Photosynthesis

Answer 7

• Carbon Sink
• Removes CO2 from atmosphere and converts it into glucose

Question 8

Cellular Respiration

Answer 8

• Carbon Source
• Done by plants and animals
• Uses Oxygen to break glucose down
• Releases energy and CO2 into atmosphere