Carbon Cycle Review

Carbon can form bonds with several other elements.

A carbon atom can bond with up to FIVE other atoms.

Carbon atoms can bond ONLY with oxygen.

Carbon can form bonds ONLY with hydrogen.

Carbon atoms can form rings of hexagons ONLY.

Plants transfer carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to carbohydrates in the biosphere.

Plants transport carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to groundwater.

Plants transfer oxygen and carbohydrates in the biosphere to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

It is immediately released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

It is transformed into energy and some of it becomes part of the animal's body

It is stored indefinitely within the animal's body

It is converted into oxygen through the process of digestion

It is released as oxygen.

It is stored in the soil indefinitely.

It is released as carbon dioxide by decomposers.

It is converted into nitrogen.

It is broken down by decomposers

It becomes fossil fuels

It is released into the atmosphere

It is absorbed by living plants

increase in the rates of decomposition

increase in the rates of atmospheric carbon dioxide

decreased combusion of fossil fuel

increase production of organic compounds

It helps in the formation of new organisms.

It allows carbon atoms to be recycled for millennia.

It prevents carbon from entering the atmosphere.

It is a process that only occurs in plants.

It increases oxygen levels

It puts carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere

It decreases global temperatures

It has no effect on the atmosphere