Name:_____________________
Chemistry in the Community
The Carbon Cycle
Date:______________
Directions: Go to this link:
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/water/co2_cycle.html
and read through the information provided. Complete the questions below
based on your reading.
1. Draw a picture of the carbon cycle in the space below. Be sure to
label your diagram.
2. Fill in the blanks:
Carbon is an ______________. It is part of __________,
__________, __________, soil and all living things. Carbon doesn’t
stay in one place. It is always on the move!
3. Describe the process of how carbon moves from the atmosphere to
plants.
4. Describe the process of how carbon moves from plants to animals.
5. Describe the process of how carbon moves from plants and animals
to the ground.
6. Describe the process of how carbon moves from living things to the
atmosphere.
7. Describe the process of how carbon moves from fossil fuels to the
atmosphere when fuels are burned.
8. Describe the process of how carbon moves from the atmosphere to
the oceans.
9. What type of gas is carbon dioxide?__________________
What effect does this have on our
atmosphere?____________________________________________
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10.
How has the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere
changed over the past 150 years?
11. Why is carbon important?
12. How can carbon be hazardous?
Now you are ready for the carbon cycle game!
Click on the following link to access the carbon cycle game:
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html
For this online interactive game you are playing the role of carbon atoms.
You will travel through the carbon cycle. While going through the carbon
cycle, create a "map" documenting you journey through the carbon cycle
on a separate sheet of paper. You can use colored pencils!
After completing this activity, you are to write a paragraph in the space
below about your trip through the carbon cycle. Include information about
(1) where you went, and (2) how you got to each destination.