4. Carbon Cycling

By the end of this section you should be able to:

1. Write the formulas for photosynthesis and cellular respiration using symbols and words.

Essential Vocabulary

PhotosynthesisCellular respirationGlucose (C6H12O6)Carbon dioxide (CO2)Water (H2O)Oxygen gas (02)

2. Sketch an ecosystem and label the parts of the biosphere (the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere).

Essential Vocabulary

BiosphereAtmosphereHydrosphereGeosphere

3. Diagram the carbon cycle within an ecosystem showing how photosynthesis, cellular respiration, decomposition, and combustion contribute to carbon cycling.

Essential Vocabulary

DecompositionCombustion

4. Label an ecosystem to identify the sources of carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, waste/dead organic matter, and biomass/organic matter of living organisms.

Essential Vocabulary

HydrocarbonOrganic matterBiomass

5. Explain how data sets or computer simulations model the movement of carbon.

Vocabulary Review

These are 2 practice vocabulary quizzes to help you review the vocabulary for this section. Each quiz has 10 questions. You need to scroll to see all of the questions and select the "submit" button to complete the quiz and get a score

Carbon Cycling

There are 8 questions on this Content Quiz. You need to scroll to see all of the questions and select the "submit" button to complete the quiz and get a score.

This is a skills quiz to help you review and apply science practices to the content from this module. There are 4 questions. You need to scroll to see all of the questions and select the "submit" button to complete the quiz and get a score.

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