What is the Carbon Cycle?
A series of processes that exchange & recycle carbon in the environment
Can Carbon be made or discarded?
No, there is a fixed amount on Earth
What is a carbon sink?
Natural systems that use CO₂ from the atmosphere
What are 3 Carbon uses?
Forms part of cellulose cell walls
Forms part of molecular structure of glucose
Forms shells for marine animals
What are 3 Carbon releases?
ACR
Cow Fart
Combustion
What are the effects of too much CO₂?
Climate Change
Natural Disasters
Endangerment & Extinction
Bleaching of coral reefs
What is Global Warning?
Earth getting hotter because humans add too much heat trapping gases like CO₂ into the atmosphere.
In the Carbon Cycle, what are all of the labels?
Photosynthesis
Deforestation
Decomposition
More animals = More ACR = More CO₂
Combustion & Car emissions -> more CO₂ release
