The spheres
Carbon cycle - general
Processes
Interactions
Water cycle
100
The ________sphere consists of the air around us
What is the atmosphere
100
The carbon cycles is concerned with the movement of _______ through the environment
What is carbon
100
Plants use __________ to produce their own food from CO2 and water
What is photosynthesis
100
Plants use ______________ in photosynthesis which is released by animals
What is carbon dioxide
100

After evaporation, water vapour in the air goes through __________ to form clouds.

What is condensation

200
The ____________sphere consist of the ocean and other large bodies of water
What is the hydrosphere
200
This part of the carbon cycle involves consumers and producers
What is the food chain
200
Waste and dead things ____________ and produce carbon in the atmosphere and the soil
What is decompose
200
The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon into the __________ and the _____________
What is atmosphere and oceans
200

___________ is when water soaks into the ground after precipitation

What is infiltration

300
The ____________sphere consists of living organisms on Earth
What is the biosphere
300
Carbon in the atmosphere mostly consists of _________
What is carbon dioxide
300
Living organisms produce CO2 as a waste product of _____________
What is cellular respiration
300
Bacteria and fungi decompose dead _______ and _________ to produce carbon
What is plants and animals
300

Deforestation has a few effects on the water cycle. One of them is changing the amount of _____________

What is surface runoff OR infiltration OR transpiration

400
The ____________sphere consists of rocks, soil, and other dense parts of the Earth
What is the geosphere
400

__________ is produced when carbon in the atmosphere gets dissolved in the ocean

What is Carbonic acid (H2CO3)

400
Burning fossil fuels produces carbon by the process of _________
What is combustion
400
__________ are created over thousands of years of being compressed underground
What are fossil fuels
400

___________ is a process that involves both the water cycle and the carbon cycle.

What is respiration

500
Carbon cycles through these "spheres"
What are the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere
500
Carbon is stored underground in the form of ________ fuels
What is fossil
500

___________ is the process by which carbonic acid reacts with certain types of rock and releases carbon

What is weathering

500
When there is too much carbon in the atmosphere, the heat from the sun is trapped causing ________________
What is climate change or global warming
500

Explain what effects a higher global temperature has on the water cycle.

What is increased evaporation, more water vapour stored in the air, increased precipitation in some areas, and decreased precipitation in others.

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