The Carbon Cycle Notesheet
by C. Kohn
Name:
Hour
Date Assignment is due: After quiz
Day of Week
Units
1. Radish Races
2. Lab Safety
3. Carbon Cycle
Date:
Why late?
Date
Score: +
✓ -
If your project was late, describe why
1. When you burn a log, what
happens to its mass? Where
does it go?
2. An oak tree weighs many tons.
Where did this weight mostly come
from?
3. What is the difference between
an organic molecule and an
inorganic molecule?
4. How do plants affect the amount
of carbon dioxide in the air?
4. Science Writing
5. Cell Biology
6. Cell
Respiration
7. Photosynthesis
8. Research
Statistics
9. Wildlife Mgmt
10. Final
Experimental
Project
11. FFA & Science
12. Parli. Pro.
Weekly Schedule
Monday: Topic
Intro Discussion
Tuesday: Notes
Wednesday: Lab
Thursday: Review
& Quiz
5. What questions do you have about this topic?
Friday: Finish
Radish Races Lab
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Notes
C. Kohn, Agricultural Sciences - Waterford WI
Directions: use the accompanying PowerPoint (http://bit.ly/carboncyclenotes) to complete the questions below. These
assignments are graded on a + ✓- scale
1. The carbon cycle is a term for the process in which
2. For example, plants absorb
from the
and convert it into
3. When plants are consumed or decomposed, the plant matter is converted into
4. During photosynthesis, plants assemble organic versions of carbon (including
) using
5. This process of assembling organic molecules of
is powered by
6. When the plant begins to
(such as in autumn), soil organisms break down the
back into
7. In the carbon cycle, the carbon always stays
– it is neither
. Carbon can only change what it is
8. In the atmosphere, we typically see carbon as
version of carbon (it is not part of something
. This is the
).
9. Organic versions of carbon include:
,
and
10. Cellulose is most commonly found in a plant’s
(Hint: look at the picture on the side of this slide showing glucose and cellulose molecules)
11. True or false: can’t change the amount of carbon that exists. Explain:
12. Photosynthesis
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the amount of
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in the air.
13.
,
and
increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.
14. Soil works as a sort of
in which the
can take place.
15. Along with ocean water, soil serves as a major regulator of carbon by…
1.
2.
3.
16. Normally, the carbon cycle keeps itself
a. Inorganic carbon is used by plants to create
b. Organic forms of carbon convert back into
17. Today, however, the carbon cycle is not
when they are consumed or decomposed
. The levels of atmospheric carbon
have risen to the highest levels in recent geological history at an
18. On the graph below, draw a horizontal line showing where atmospheric CO2 levels are today.
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Unit Wrap-up
C. Kohn, Agricultural Sciences - Waterford WI
Name:
Hour
Date Assignment is due: Thursday
Day of Week
Date:
Score: + ✓ -
Why late?
Date
If your project was late, describe why
1. Write the 3 topics that you found least easy to understand in this unit:
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2. What are the 5 things you most need to review before taking your next quiz?
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3. Create 3 high-level questions related to this material:
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4. List 6 vocabulary words that you did not know before or have almost never used before:
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5
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5. What is a specific strategy that you have for remembering a specific item from this unit?
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A strategy is a mnemonic, rhyme, analogy, or other brain-based strategy. It is not an activity such as reviewing your notes, making cards, studying hard, etc.
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