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The carbon cycle

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  • Define photosynthesis
    green plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and use it to produce carbon compounds
  • "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
  • What is excretion?
    waste material given off from the body
  • "an organism that produces organic compounds from simple substances such as water and carbon dioxide; an autotroph." What is this?
    A producer
  • What is decomposition?
    when organisms die, dead matter is broken down into simpler substances like carbon dioxide by decomposers
  • 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
  • Define Combustion (sự đốt cháy)
    combustion of fossil fuels (eg. coal, natural gas) release carbon dioxide
  • 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
  • Name three fossil fuels
    coal, gas, oil
  • What is respiration?
    carbon compounds (eg. glucose) are broken down into carbon dioxide
  • Define feeding
    when animals feed on green plants, carbon compounds become part of their bodies
  • "... 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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