The Carbon Cycle
The only thing that removes CO2 from the atmosphere is _____________. Plants use it to
make fats, _____________ and _____________. Both plants and animals _____________,
putting _____________. back into the atmosphere.
Carbon from dead _____________ and _____________ can end up as _____________. fuels,
when this is _____________ it releases carbon. Some dead animal and plants could be
_____________ be _____________ by microorganisms or be turned into _____________
_____________ by humans.
Add the following phases to the diagram above:
Photosynthesis removes
CO2 from the environment
death
Respiration returns CO2 to
the atmosphere
death
feeding
burning
Decay and decomposition CO2 released as microbes
respire
respiration
respiration