The Carbon Cycle - Chpt 37

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Carbon

  • An element cycled between biotic and abiotic components on Earth

  • Essential for organisms: gives energy and growth

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Decomposer

A consumer that feed on dead animals and plants e.g. fungi

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Respiration

The release of energy from foods in animals

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Combustion

A chemical reaction where a substance containing carbon e.g. fossil fuels rapidly react with oxygen to produce heat (global warming), light, carbon dioxide and water

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Carbon Sink

Anything that takes carbon out of the atmosphere e.g. plants

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Carbon Source

Anything that adds carbon into the atmosphere e.g. humans

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Photosynthesis

The process through which plants use sunlight to create their own food

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Diffusion

The spreading out of materials due to the movement of their particles