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Photosynthesis:
Respiration:
Combustion:
You are split into five groups, you are going to travel to the
rainforest of the Amazon, the animal kingdom, the Atlantic ocean,
the graveyard and the furnace of fossil fuels. You have a table to
complete to record your journey answering the questions along the
way. Your journey will last 15 minutes.
There is also huge amounts of carbon locked into carbonate rocks, e.g. Limestone.
You need 5 different coloured highlighters.
7. CO2 is returned
1. Plants absorb CO2 in
to the atmosphere CO2 in the air & dissolved photosynthesis and make
when fossil fuels in water (oceans) new carbon compounds.
are burnt
(combustion).
2. CO2 is returned to
5. Animals & the air when the plant
decomposers also 3. The carbon taken respires.
return CO2 to the in by plants is then
atmosphere by eaten by animals.
respiration.
There is also huge amounts of carbon locked into carbonate rocks, e.g. Limestone.
Homework
Due:
Plenary
Carbon
1 Dioxide
2 4
3
Fossil Fuels
1. Label the arrows with the name of the process each represents.
2. Which two processes require oxygen to release energy?
3. How many of the processes remove carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere?
4. What form does carbon take inside a tree?
5. How does decomposition release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
The Carbon Cycle
Carbon
1 Dioxide
2 4
3
Fossil Fuels
1. Label the arrows with the name of the process each represents.
2. Which two processes require oxygen to release energy?
3. How many of the processes remove carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere?
4. What form does carbon take inside a tree?
5. How does decomposition release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?