Carbon Cycle
What is cycling in the carbon cycle?
Carbon
What type of organisms are capable of photosynthesis? (Photosynthetic Organisms)
Plants / Producers
How do animals do cellular respiration?
By breathing out
What is a decomposer? Give an example.
What does a food chain show?
The steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating or being eaten.
Name one process that releases carbon into the atmosphere. What is the carbon released as?
Decomposition, Cellular Respiration, Combustion
Released as carbon dioxide (CO2)
Where do plants get the energy to do photosynthesis?
From the sun
Why do fires release carbon dioxide (CO2)?
The materials that they burn are made of carbon
What is an herbivore? Give an example.
An organism that eats only plants.
What does a food web show?
A network of feeding interactions.
Name one process that pulls carbon out of the atmosphere.
Photosynthesis
Name the reactants for photosynthesis
6CO2 & 6H2O
Name the reactants for cellular respiration.
C6H12O6 & 6O2
What is a carnivore? Give an example.
An organism that eats only meat.
What does a trophic level show? What type of organism is on the first level?
Each step in a food chain or food web.
Producers are on the first trophic level.
What role do animals play in the carbon cycle?
They release CO2 into the atmosphere by cellular respiration
Name the products for photosynthesis.
C6H12O6 + 6O2
Name the products for cellular respiration.
6CO2 & 6H2O
What is an omnivore? Give an example.
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
What is biomass? Is there more at the bottom of the trophic pyramid or at the top?
The amount of living tissue within a given trophic level.
There is less biomass at the top of the trophic pyramid.
They pull CO2 from the atmosphere and change it into O2
Name the formula for photosynthesis. Include all of the numbers.
6CO2 + 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Name the formula for cellular respiration. Include all of the numbers.
C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O
What is a detritivore? Give an example.
An organism that eats dead materials
What is the 1st law of thermodynamics?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed (transformed)