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    3 The Carbon Cycle Worksheet

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    The document summarizes the carbon cycle, which describes how carbon is exchanged between the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth. It notes that carbon sources like burning fossil fuels and respiration release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is then absorbed by carbon sinks like plants, oceans, and soil through photosynthesis and decay. However, human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation are rapidly increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which can lead to issues like global warming and climate change by enhancing the greenhouse effect.

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    The document summarizes the carbon cycle, which describes how carbon is exchanged between the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth. It notes that carbon sources like burning fossil fuels and respiration release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is then absorbed by carbon sinks like plants, oceans, and soil through photosynthesis and decay. However, human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation are rapidly increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which can lead to issues like global warming and climate change by enhancing the greenhouse effect.

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    The document summarizes the carbon cycle, which describes how carbon is exchanged between the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth. It notes that carbon sources like burning fossil fuels and respiration release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which is then absorbed by carbon sinks like plants, oceans, and soil through photosynthesis and decay. However, human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation are rapidly increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which can lead to issues like global warming and climate change by enhancing the greenhouse effect.

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    The Carbon Cycle Name: __________________________ Per.

    ______

    1. The above diagram illustrates how nature recycles what natural resource?
    -The above diagram illustrates the “carbon cycle”.
    2. Carbon sources are natural systems that release carbon, usually in the form of carbon
    dioxide, into the atmosphere. Name two carbon sources.

    -Burning fossil fuels and respiration

    3. Plants use CO2 from the atmosphere.


    a. Label this process on the illustration directing an arrow to the organism.
    b. What organisms carry out the process identified in part a?
    a.
    b. Cow carries out the process identified in part a
    4. Wastes and dead organisms must be broken down in order for their basic components
    to be used again. Bacteria, fungi, and worms break down these dead organisms.
    a. What is the name of this process?
    b. What would happen if the organisms stopped doing the process identified in part a?

    a. The name of the process is decay


    b. If the organisms stopped the decay the dead leaves, animals, and insects will pile
    up everywhere. This process deposits carbon that is stored in the ground in rocks
    and soil. It gives nutrients to plants to grow and if it stopped, plant growth would
    decrease which gives oxygen and the atmosphere will not be that fresh.

    5. Carbon sinks are natural systems that take in and store carbon dioxide from the
    atmosphere.
    a. What are the carbon sinks in this cycle?
    b. How do humans use the materials in the carbon sink?
    c. What is the scientific name for the process listed in part b?

    a. The carbon sinks in this cycle are plants, oceans, and soil.
    b. Extract oil, coal, and natural gas from the soil and ocean. Use for electrical
    production, transportation, and others. Get fruits and vegetables from the plants
    that give nutrients.
    c. The scientific name for the process listed in part b is extraction and vegetation.

    6. How is the majority of electricity generated in the area where you live? Does the
    process involve the combustion of fuels? Check with your teacher if you are not sure.
    Use hydroelectric power in the area where I live. The process doesn’t involve the
    combustion of fuels.

    7. Many of the carbon-based fuels are categorized as fossil fuels because they formed
    from decayed organisms over millions of years. List as many fossil fuels as you can.
     Coal, oil, petroleum, neutral gas, biomass, solar, nuclear, hydropower, and
    geothermal

    8. Look at the sinks and stores. Think how long it can take for carbon dioxide to enter a
    sink and how long it can take to store it back in the atmosphere.
    a. Are the sink and store cycle of carbon dioxide occurring in equal amounts of time?
    b. How does our use of carbon affect the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere?
    a. No, they aren’t.
    b. Burning fossil fuels, and deforestation can rapidly raise carbon dioxide. This
    exceeds carbon dioxide changes climate and global temperature and disrupts the
    planet’s ecosystems.

    Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the greenhouse gases. These gases hold heat energy in the
    atmosphere, with raises the overall temperature of the Earth. This helps maintain the Earth’s
    biosphere but also has led to environmental concerns. The more CO2 in the atmosphere, the
    higher the Earth’s average temperature will be.
    9. What is another way in which human activity is increasing the amount of atmospheric
    CO2 and what are the potential global effects of these changes in CO2 levels?

    Cars, factories, and people are other ways in which human activity is increasing the
    amount of atmospheric C02, and global warming, climate changes, and lack of O2 for
    humans and animals are the potential global effects of these changes in CO2 levels.

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