Carbon Cycle Basics
Plants use this to make food
Photosynthesis
Most nitrogen is found here
the atmosphere
the main place phosphorus is stored
rocks
Water tuning into vapor
evaporation
Animals release this gas when they breathe
Carbon Dioxide
Do people need nitrogen to live
Yes
Phosphorus doesn't have this stage in its cycle
gas
What is rain a form of
Precipitation
Dead plants and animals break down during this process
Decomposition
The part of an ocean with low oxygen
a dead zone
water running across land into rivers
runoff
Burning things puts this into the air
carbon
Things that only eat dead things
decomposers