Why is the carbon cycle important to living things?

It transports a material needed by all living things.

Name one reason why all organisms need carbon

To make new cells and rebuild DNA

3 ways that water is can be cycled through the carbon cycle

Condensation, precipitation, evaporation

3 ways that carbon dioxide can be added to the atmosphere

Volcanic eruptions, car emissions, and burning of coal

3 ways the water cycle's balance can be effected

Pollution, drought, lack of plants

3 ways the humans can effect the carbon cycle's balance

Pollution, consumption/burning of fossil fuels, deforestation (cutting down forests)

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Chapter 19: Cycles

Question	Answer
Precipitation that falls on land and flows into bodies of water	Run off
The change of water from a liquid to a vapor is:	evaporation
Where is freshwater “locked” away so that it is not easily accessible?	Glaciers and Icecaps
The process by which plants take in Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and use sunlight to make energy is:	Photosynthesis
The breakdown of organic material by burning to release Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere	Combustion
How do animals get the carbon ?	By eating plants
What do all organic material contain?	carbon
Earth’s supply of FRESHWATER is renewed by:	Precipitation
The process by which organisms breakdown dead or dying material and return carbon into the atmosphere:	Decomposition
Why is the carbon cycle important to living things?	It transports a material needed by all living things.
When plants return water to the environment it is called	Transpiration
Name one reason why all organisms need carbon	To make new cells and rebuild DNA
When water changes from a vapor (gas) to a liquid?	Condensation
Precipitation seeped into the ground and stored in spaces between rocks	Ground water
The process by which sugar is broken down to release energy, uses oxygen	Respiration
The process by which plants use carbon dioxide from the air to make sugars (glucose)	Photosynthesis
When we burn fossil fuels for our homes, what is released into the atmosphere	Carbon dioxide
Matter is never created or: ________________________	Destroyed
Wind, sun, and water are considered	Renewable resources
Fossil fuels	Nonrenewable resources
This was created from the remains of dead plant life that was compressed by soil, sediment, and rocks over millions of years.	Coal
Human release what gas into the atmosphere through respiration	Carbon dioxide
Plants release this molecule into the atmosphere by the process of photosynthesis	oxygen
3 examples of nonrenewable resources	Oil, natural gas, and coal
3 examples of renewable resources	Wind, sun, and water
3 ways that water is can be cycled through the carbon cycle	Condensation, precipitation, evaporation
3 ways that carbon dioxide can be added to the atmosphere	Volcanic eruptions, car emissions, and burning of coal
3 ways the water cycle's balance can be effected	Pollution, drought, lack of plants
3 ways the humans can effect the carbon cycle's balance	Pollution, consumption/burning of fossil fuels, deforestation (cutting down forests)

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