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Inorganic Carbon
Flash cards over the inorganic carbon cycle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the set of natural processes by which inorganic carbon is converted to organic carbon, is then cycled through different forms of organic carbon, and finally is converted back to inorganic carbon? | the Inorganic Carbon Cycle! |
| What is any material that is part of a living organism or came from a living or once living organism? | organic matter |
| Organic matter is made up predominantly of what? | carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
| Organic carbon is a term used for the carbon that is in _____ matter. | ORGANIC |
| The two major reactions that take place in the organic carbon cycle are ___________ and __________________ of organic matter. | PHOTSYNTHESIS; BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION |
| What is the process by which green plants convert carbon dioxide and water into organic matter in the presence of sunlight? | photosynthesis |
| What is the process by which aerobic bacteria in the presence of oxygen break down organic matter to carbon dioxide and water as end products? | biological oxidation |
| What is this equation of: CO2 + H2O + sunlight → organic plant matter + oxygen (catalyzed by the chlorophyll in green plants) | photosynthesis |
| What is this equation of: waste organic matter (primarily C, H & O) + O2 → CO2 + H2O + energy | biological oxidation |
| Are the two equations of photosynthesis and biological oxidation both very similar, or the opposite? | their equations are just the opposite of the other |