Carbon Cycle Vocab.
Carbon Cycle
100
The physical breaking down of rocks
What is weathering
100
The process by which carbon is moved from dead animals to the ground
What is decomposition
200
Autotrophs make their own food by using energy from the sun to make sugar.
What is Photosynthesis
200
Carbon move from rock storage by.
What is weathering and erosion
300
Cells convert sugar to energy, CO2 is released.
What is Respiration
300

Three ways carbon is moved from the ground to the atmosphere?

What is burning of fossil fuels, forest fires, and volcanic eruptions.

400
The movement of broken down rocks by water and wind
What is Erosion
400

The processes animals go through to add carbon to the atmosphere.

What is respiration

500

Calcium Carbonate precipitates out of sediment and settles on ocean floors

What is sedimentation 

500
Acid rain is made by mixing these 2 compounds in the carbon cycle
What is Carbon dioxide and Water
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