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Know the process of the Carbon Cycle
(*something similar to this)
Are ecosystems open/closed systems?
Open system; carbon cycles around environment
List three organisms that transfer carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
animals, bacteria, fungi
What human activity contribute to carbon (the most) in the atmosphere?
Burning of fossil fuels
How is carbon recycled from dead organisms?
By saprotrophs
2 examples of saprotrophs
fungi and bacteria
Pool/sink
where carbon is stored (atmosphere, fossil fuels, organisms)
How are pools/sinks typically represneted?
By boxes
flux
how carbon is transferred from one pool/sink to another
How are fluxes typically represented?
by arrows
Give some examples of pools/sinks
Atmosphere and fossil fuels
Give some examples of fluxes
egestion, ingestion, cellular respiration, decomposition, photosynthesis, and combustion
What natural process removes the most carbon from the atmosphere?
photosynthesis
What natural process adds the most carbon from the atmosphere?
combustion