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1
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What’s the constant cycling of carbon called?

A

The carbon cycle

2
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What removes carbon dioxide from the environment?

A

Green plants and algae for photosynthesis

3
Q

What is the carbon used to make in green plants and algae?

A

Carbohydrates, fats, proteins- which make up the body of plants and algae

4
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How does some of the carbon in green plants, algae and animals become released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide?

A

Respiration

5
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How does the carbon inside green plants and algae become part of the fats and proteins that make up an animals’ body?

A

Animals eat the plants (then animals eat those animals etc)

6
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What happens when plants, algae and animals die?

A

Some animals and microorganisms feed on their bodies

7
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How does carbon from the microorganisms get into the atmosphere as CO2?

A

Respiration

8
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What does the combustion of wood and fossil fuels release into the atmosphere?

A

Carbon dioxide

9
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By the time microorganisms and detritus feeders have broken down waste products and dead bodies of organisms in ecosystems and cycled the materials as plant nutrients…

A

All the energy originally absorbed by green plants and algae has been transferred