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1. CO2

2. CARBON AS A CYCLE
• Carbon is one of the many elements that needs
the different
cycled
to be _____ (transported through)
living
because moving carbon around the different components
involves: _________ interactions,
_________ activities
and ________ reactions.
components of our environment.
• During this cycling, carbon is transported
between the _____ components of the
environment
and the non_-l_iv_i_n_g_ components
"living" "non-living"
• The carbon cycle is considered a
chemical
BIOGEOCHEMICAL cycle
biological geological

3. • Carbon is important because it is a key
element in vital nutrients like: fats
ca_r_b_o_h_y_d_r_a_tes , _p_r_o_tein_s_
and _n_u_c_le_i_c_a_c_id_s
(like DNA)
____ ,
CARBON AS A CYCLE
which make up all living things.

4. • Carbon is important because it is a key
element in vital nutrients like: fats
ca_r_b_o_h_y_d_r_a_tes , _p_r_o_tein_s_
and _n_u_c_le_i_c_a_c_id_s
(like DNA)
• For this reason, all living things on Earth are called…
____ ,
CARBON AS A CYCLE
which make up all living things.

5. CARBON RESERVOIRS
• A reservoir is something that acts like a st_o_r_a_g_e_ source.
A carbon reservoir is storage source for ca_r_b_o_n_.

6. • The following are abiotic and biotic reservoirs for carbon:
CO2
0.03
carbonate bicarbonate
(____% of air).
As ___ in the atmosphere
and ___________
CARBON RESERVOIRS
2-)
As _________ (CO3
oceans
dissolved in the ______.
-)
calcium carbonate
As ________________(CaCO3)
rocks shells
_____ (limestone) and _____.
in
once living things
As carbon in the molecules of _______________.
• detritus
• fossil fuels
As carbon in the molecules of
___________ like
_________ ,
living things
__________ and ____________.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
(HCO3
producers
consumers decomposers
“non-living"
"living"

7. THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
Label the components
of the carbon cycle.

8. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Carbon dioxide is known as __________ gas
This phenomenon is
temperature
greenhouse
called the ________________.
which acts to
increase the ___________ of our planet.
greenhouse effect
How does carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere cause
the greenhouse effect?

9. THE CARBON CYCLE
Solar radiation
enters Earth’s
atmosphere.
atmosphere
But some heat is prevented
from escaping because it is
absorbed by greenhouse
CO2
gases like CO2,
which traps
the heat in the
atmosphere.
• Too many green house gases (like CO2) cause a _______
runaway
greenhouse effect which leads to global climate _____________.
change
Some of the
heat escapes
into space.
The radiation is absorbed
by the atmosphere and
the Earth, which re-emits
the radiation as heat.

10. THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
Label the components
of the carbon cycle.

11. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Through the processes of living and dying, producers, consumers
and decomposers help cycle carbon through the biotic and abiotic
components of the environment.

12. THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
Label the components
of the carbon cycle.

13. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Detritus is the waste _____ and remains
_______ of once living organisms.
Rotting Veggies
Rotting Whale Worm Compost

14. THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
Label the components
of the carbon cycle.
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat

15. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Fossil fuels come from the _d_e_a_d_r_e_m_ain_s_ ancient plants
of ____________
___________.
• In 2008, almost ___% 90
of global energy generation involved the
burning of _________.
90 %
and animals
fossil fuels

16. THE CARBON CYCLE
Gulf B.P. Oil Spill – 2010
Iraq Oil Fields
Off Shore Drilling
Land Drill Filling up the Tank

17. THE CARBON CYCLE
Which country produces the most crude oil in the world?
#1 Global
Producer

18. THE CARBON CYCLE
Coal Miner
Strip Coal Mining in China
Mountain Top Removal
Coal

19. THE CARBON CYCLE
CH4
Gas Stove
Alaskan Gas Pipeline
Methane
Proposed Keystone Pipeline
Drilling

20. THE CARBON CYCLE
Burning Peat
Draining of Peat lands in
Indonesia for Palm Forest Farms
Peat Soil Peat for Burning
Peat Harvesting

21. THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat
They store
carbon
temporarily.
They store carbon over a
very long period of time.

22. THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
Label the processes of
the carbon cycle.
photosynthesis
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat
A

23. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Photosynthesis is a chemical process performed by _____.
carbon dioxide
plants
In this process they take _____________ from the air,
water sunlight
and use the energy from _______
A green pigment called
_____ from the soil,
to produce glu_c_o_s_e_ and oxy_g_e_n_.
chlorophyll
__________ helps capture the sunlight needed for the reaction.
CO2 + H2O + C6H12O6 + O2
and the oxygen
• The glucose is used to store en_e_rg_y_ for the plant
is released into the ___________.
atmosphere photosynthesis song

24. THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
Label the processes of
the carbon cycle.
photosynthesis
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat
A B B
cellular
respiration

25. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Cellular respiration is a chemical process performed by _____ and
glucose
animals
_______. In this process they use _______ and ______
carbon dioxide water
energy Besides energy, _____________ and _____ are produced
______.
C6H12O6 + O2 CO2 + H2O +
atmosphere
dioxide is ____ so it is released into the __________
toxic
be used by plants during _____________ ,
oxygen to produce
• The energy is used to power the plant or animal,
photosynthesis
energy
as by-products.
the carbon
where it can
and the water is a
_h_a_rm_less product
which adds to the plant or animal's own
water content.
plants

26. THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
Label the processes of
the carbon cycle.
photosynthesis
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat
A B B
cellular
respiration
C assimilation C
assimilation

27. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Assimilation is the
transfer of carbon
through the
organisms
_________
in a
food web
________.

28. THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
Label the processes of
the carbon cycle.
photosynthesis
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat
A B B
cellular
respiration
C assimilation C
assimilation
D death &
decomposition

29. THE CARBON CYCLE
• During any organism’s lifetime, it produces ___________
detritus
and this becomes _______ as well.
which can be
assimilated
__________ by plants.
but instead undergoes
another process that produces _________.
which
becomes _______
waste matter
• Likewise, when an organism dies, its _______ begin to
decompose
remains
detritus
decomposing
rabbit
(decomposing organic waste).
• The detritus can now take two paths:
1)
2)
Decomposers can completely decompose
the detritus into ________
or
The detritus does not completely
decompose,
fossil fuels
nutrients

30. fossilization
THE CARBON CYCLE
CO2
Label the processes of
the carbon cycle.
photosynthesis
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat
A B B
cellular
respiration
C assimilation C
assimilation
D death &
decomposition
C
assimilation
E

31. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Fossilization involves _______ plants buried
which have been ______
for hundreds of _______ of years to produce fossil fuels.
due to the swamp's
millions
died in _______ 300-
400 million years ago.
The decomposition was ____
_________ (low oxygen) conditions
and subjected to intense ____
________,
and
pressure
which created ____.
it eventually formed ____.
anaerobic
ancient
Giant ______ of trees,
ferns and other plants
1)
2)
3)
peat
forests
swamps
slow
If the peat was covered in _sedim__e_n_t
heat
coal

32. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Fossilization involves _a_n_c_ie_n_t_ plants buried
which have been ______
for hundreds of _______ of years.
millions
Ancient _____ and _______ died in
the ______
which
eventually turned the remains into
___
1)
2)
3)
plants
oceans
animals
Over time, their remains were
covered in layers of s_e_d_i_m_e_n_t_.
The enormous weight of the sediment
produced heat
oil
300-400 million years ago.
and pre_s_s_u_re ,
and _n_a_tura_l_ g_a_s_ which remains
under the ground or ocean floor
unless it is ext_r_a_cte_d_.

33. THE CARBON CYCLE
photosynthesis
CO2
Label the processes of
the carbon cycle.
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat
A B B
cellular
respiration
C assimilation
assimilation
D death &
decomposition
C
assimilation
E fossilization
F
combustion
combustion F
C

34. that contains
THE CARBON CYCLE
• Combustion involves the bu_rn_i_n_g_ of a fuel source
____________.
hydrocarbons
• In the carbon cycle, the majority of human generated
combustion comes from the burning of _tr_e_e_s_
Forest Fires Slashing and Burning
Forests to Create Farmland

35. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Combustion involves the _______ of a fuel source
• In the carbon cycle, the majority of human generated
combustion comes from the burning of _____
that contains
____________.
trees
burning
hydrocarbons
Car Exhaust Coal Fired Plant
Running Appliances
and f_o_s_s_il_ f_u_e_ls_ .

36. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Combustion involves the burning
_______ of a fuel source
• In the carbon cycle, the majority of human generated
and _________ .
combustion comes from the burning of _____
into the ___________ , which
contributes to the __________ effect.
that contains
____________.
hydrocarbons
This releases car_b_o_n_ _d_io_xi_d_e_ atmosphere
greenhouse
trees fossil fuels

37. THE CARBON CYCLE
photosynthesis
CO2
Label the processes of
the carbon cycle.
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat
A B B
cellular
respiration
C assimilation C
assimilation
D death &
decomposition
C
assimilation
E fossilization
F
combustion
combustion F
G
deforestation

38. THE CARBON CYCLE
• Deforestation involves the
forests
cutting down of ______.
This results in an indirect
increase in ____________
carbon dioxide
because there are less trees
to perform _____________
photosynthesis
which removes
_______ carbon dioxide
from the atmosphere.
Illegal Logging in Burma
Clear Cutting

39. THE CARBON CYCLE
photosynthesis
CO2
1) petroleum/oil
2) coal
3)
4)
natural gas
peat
A B B
cellular
respiration
C assimilation
assimilation
D death &
decomposition
C
assimilation
E fossilization
F
combustion
combustion F
G
deforest-ation
adds CO2
removes CO2 or keeps
carbon from becoming CO2.
C

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