Carbon Cycle

Burning of fossil fuels and releasing of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

• Combustion

• Fossilization

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

Organisms release carbon into the atmosphere when converting glucose to ATP

• Respiration

• Fossilization

• Consumption

• Decomposition

Bacteria break down dead organisms into stored carbon

• Decomposition

• Combustion

• Fossilzation

• Respiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Undecayed organisms that turn into fossil fuels

• Combustion

• Fossilization

• Consumption

• Respiration

Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

• Combustion

• Decompostion

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Movement of carbon between the atmosphere, the Earth, and living things

• Carbon cycle

• Hydrological cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

• Phosphorus cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3