Carbon Cycle

Master the Carbon Cycle! Label, match, and explain key processes like photosynthesis and respiration. Ideal for high school science.

Use the word bank below to label the different parts of the carbon cycle in this picture photosynthesisCO2 in the atmospherecombustionanimal respirationfossil fuelswaste and decayplant respiration CO2 in the atmosphere combustion plant respiration animal respiration waste and decay fossil fuels photosynthesis Processes involved in the Carbon Cycle Match the name of the processes with their correct description. Photosynthesis process used by producers to convert light energy, carbon dioxide, and water into sugars and oxygen Cellular respiration process by which plants and animals break down sugar to release energy Decomposition process by which living things are broken down Combustion process by which carbon dioxide is released from fossil fuels How do plants take Carbon Dioxide out of the atmosphere? cellular respiration photosynthesis decomposition combustion How can Carbon be released from plants and animals? (Check all that apply.) cellular respiration death and decay animal wastes photosynthesis How do plants pass carbon on to animals in the Carbon Cycle? What is one step of the Carbon Cycle that could be changed about it without destronying the entire cycle? Explain your reasoning. There isn't one right answer to this question, but let me explain it further: If I took plants out of the carbon cycle, there would be no photosynthesis, and all co2 woulud be in the atmosphere, so the cycle would break. But there are parts of the carbon cycle that, if you remmoved them doing them, the cycle would still work. Which one would you want oto test?