Carbon Cycle Basics

a week

a year

tens of years

hundreds, thousands or millions of years

Water

Carbon Dioxide

Oxygen

Sugar

Water

Sunlight

Carbon dioxide

All of these

producer

primary consumer

secondary consumer

decomposer

Producers (animals) release carbon dioxide through cellular respiration, and consumers (plants) take it in for photosynthesis.

Producers (animals) take in carbon dioxide, and consumers (animals) release it.

Producers (animals) take in carbon from the soil, and they release it when they decompose.

Producers (animals) release carbon into the soil, and consumers take it in from the soil.

respiration

combustion

photosynthesis

feeding

deforestation

tree farms

burning fossil fuels

cellular respiration

Respiration

Decomposition

Combustion

Erosion