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TedEd - The carbon cycle - Nathaniel Manning

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