Share TedEd - The carbon cycle - Nathaniel Manning
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What gas is the main greenhouse gas in climate change?
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Which star gives Earth its energy?
The Sun
Plants turn sunlight and CO2 into what stored form of energy?
Carbohydrates
What is the name of the process plants use to make food?
Photosynthesis
When animals eat plants, our bodies turn the food into what?
Energy
What tiny organisms break down dead plants and release CO2?
Microorganisms
What do plants and animals become after millions of years underground?
Fossil fuels
Name one fossil fuel mentioned in the video.
Oil (or coal / natural gas)
Since which historical era have humans burned lots of fossil fuels?
The Industrial Revolution
Burning fossil fuels releases which gas back into the air?
CO2
Humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out what?
CO2
Trees absorb large amounts of which gas from the air?
CO2
Cutting down forests is called what?
Deforestation
Overloading the carbon cycle is compared to a computer doing what?
Crashing
Technology that produces no extra CO2 is called what?
Sustainable technology
Pushing the boundaries of ideas and inventions is called what?
Innovation
