What are questions about the carbon cycle?

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• What inorganic molecule is carbon normally found in?
• Name an organic molecule that carbon is found in.
• What molecule do trees get their carbon from?
• Where do primary consumers get the carbon from?
• What process adds carbon to the atmosphere?
• How does oxygen get into the water?

What are the 4 types of carbon cycle?

Photosynthesis, Decomposition, Respiration and Combustion. Carbon cycles from the atmosphere into plants and living things.

What is the carbon dioxide cycle called?

This process is called photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide is produced through the respiration of animals and plants, which consume oxygen and release carbon dioxide.

What are 3 interesting facts about the carbon cycle?

The Carbon Cycle

• Carbon moves from the atmosphere to plants.
• Carbon moves from plants to animals.
• Carbon moves from plants and animals to soils.
• Carbon moves from living things to the atmosphere.
• Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned.
• Carbon moves from the atmosphere to the oceans.

How does carbon exit animals?

In animals, oxygen combines with food in the cells to produce energy for daily activity and then gives off carbon. The carbon combines with oxygen to form carbon dioxide (CO2) and is released back into the atmosphere as a waste product when animals breathe and exhale.

Where is carbon sequestered?

Carbon is sequestered in soil by plants through photosynthesis and can be stored as soil organic carbon (SOC). Agroecosystems can degrade and deplete the SOC levels but this carbon deficit opens up the opportunity to store carbon through new land management practices. Soil can also store carbon as carbonates.

How many steps are there in carbon cycle?

4 steps
What are the 4 steps of the carbon cycle? Animals and plants die, their bodies decompose and carbon is reabsorbed back into the atmosphere.

Who discovered the carbon cycle?

Antoine Lavoisier
The carbon cycle was discovered by Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier, and popularized by Humphry Davy.

What are 5 facts about the carbon cycle?

Carbon is the fourth most common element in the entire universe and the second most common in the human body. By eating plants or plant eater animals, humans can obtain carbon as a part of carbon cycle. Carbon compounds have an endless list of uses. Diamond and graphite are different forms of carbon.

What is feeding in the carbon cycle?

Feeding – moves carbon in the form of biological molecules along the food chain. Respiration – when living organisms (plants, animals and decomposers) respire they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere (this is a form of excretion ).