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The carbon cycle

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    the carbon cycle
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  • What is the carbon cycle?
    carbon is constantly removed from and released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide the concentration of carbon dioxide in the environment is not l
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  • "an organism that produces organic compounds from simple substances such as water and carbon dioxide; an autotroph." What is this?
    A producer
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  • "a living thing (as a bacterium, fungus, or insect) that feeds on and breaks down plant and animal matter into simpler parts" What is it?
    decomposer
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  • "... are unable to make their own energy, and instead rely on the consumption and digestion of producers or both, to survive" what is it?
    A consumer
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  • Define Combustion (sự đốt cháy)
    combustion of fossil fuels (eg. coal, natural gas) release carbon dioxide
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  • What is decomposition?
    when organisms die, dead matter is broken down into simpler substances like carbon dioxide by decomposers
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  • What is a decomposer?
    a living thing (as a bacterium, fungus, or insect) that feeds on and breaks down plant and animal matter into simpler parts
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  • Define feeding
    when animals feed on green plants, carbon compounds become part of their bodies
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  • What is excretion?
    waste material given off from the body
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  • Define photosynthesis
    green plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and use it to produce carbon compounds
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  • What is respiration?
    carbon compounds (eg. glucose) are broken down into carbon dioxide
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  • Name three fossil fuels
    coal, gas, oil
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