AP Environmental Science Unit 1.4: The Carbon Cycle

________: Processes that move the elements between the reservoirs.

________: The laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.

________: Occurs when any organic material is reacted (burned) in the presence of oxygen to give off the products of carbon dioxide, water, and energy.

________: Renewable energy that comes from organic matter /organisms.

________ mean less photosynthesis and glucose.

________: Dead organic matter builds up underground faster than it can be anaerobically decomposed, and sediment pressurizes it.

________: The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.

________: The process of breakdown of food in cells and organisms with the release of energy.

________: The part of Earths surface where life exists.

________: Places where elements are stored for part of the time.

________: Molecules moving from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration.

________: The part of the Ocean where life exists.

________: To build shells, marine life extracts calcium and carbonate ions from ocean water, combining them to make shells.

Cycles of elements as they move through living and nonliving factors

Places where elements are stored for part of the time

Processes that move the elements between the reservoirs

Renewable energy that comes from organic matter/organisms

Compounds that have carbon-carbon or carbon-hydrogen bonds

The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar

The process of breakdown of food in cells and organisms with the release of energy

Occurs when any organic material is reacted (burned) in the presence of oxygen to give off the products of carbon dioxide, water, and energy

Decomposition without the use of oxygen

Dead organic matter builds up underground faster than it can be anaerobically decomposed, and sediment pressurizes it

Molecules moving from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration

To build shells, marine life extracts calcium and carbonate ions from ocean water, combining them to make shells

The laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice

The layers of gases surrounding a planet or other celestial body

converts to CO2 and H2O through exposure to Ozone)

The part of Earths surface where life exists

Glucose [C6H12O6])

The solid, outer part of Earth, including the brittle upper portion of the mantle and the crust

All the waters on the Earths surface

The part of the Ocean where life exists

Glucose [C6H12O6]), and Calcium Carbonate

global warming

global warming