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The movement of carbon atoms from one store to another.
The carbon cycle
This element is found in all known living cells.
Carbon
What is one process in the carbon cycle that absorbs carbon from the atmosphere?
photosynthesis
The greenhouse effect is important to support life on earth.
True
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Somewhere carbon could be found.
Carbon store
The process in which plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into glucose.
Photosynthesis
If as much carbon is added to the atmosphere as is removed from it, the concentration of carbon dioxide ________ ______ _________________.
does not change/ stays the same
Name 2 greenhouse gases.
Carbon dioxide and methane
What are the 2 non-metals included in the reactivity series?
carbon and hydrogen
The change in the average temperature of the earth.
Climate change
What are the 3 processes that release carbon into the atmosphere?
Respiration, decomposition, combustion
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What is the effect of increased combustion of fossil fuels by humans in recent years? (2 parts)
increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leading to rising global temperatures
zinc + hydrochloric acid ->
zinc chloride + hydrogen gas
When a fuel is heated and reacts with oxygen.
Combustion
Bacteria and fungi break down dead organic matter, releasing carbon into the atmosphere.
Decomposition
What are 4 carbon stores?
Rocks, fossil fuels, plants, atmosphere, animals
Describe the greenhouse effect.
gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun
List the layers of the earth in order from outside to inside.
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
A process all living cells do that releases carbon into the atmosphere.
Respiration
What are the 4 steps in the carbon cycle?
Photosynthesis, combustion, respiration, decomposition
List 2 ways humans have disturbed the balance of the carbon cycle.
Through burning large quantities of fossil fuels and deforestation
What is the difference between climate and weather?
climate is long-term weather patterns
weather is short-term conditions
What changes would magma need to undergo to become metamorphic rock? (2 steps)
1. magma cools and becomes igneous rock
2. igneous rock transformed by heat and pressure without melting and becomes metamorphic rock