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What is photosynthesis (6CO2+6H20=C6H12O6+6O2)
Process in which producers remove CO2 from atmosphere.
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What is diffusion
How carbon enters the ocean.
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What is cellular respiration (6O2+C6H12O6=6CO2+6H2O+ATP+heat)
The process in which consumers release carbon back into the atmosphere.
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What is a reservoir
Serves this purpose in the cycle.
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What is algae/phytoplankton
These producers convert carbon in photosynthesis.
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What are carbohydrates
Producers use the carbon for this type of energy to store in their tissue.
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What are fossil fuels
Combustion of these causes mass amounts of carbon in atmosphere.
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What is sedimentation/sedimentary rock.
This process forms CO2 into this type of rock.
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What is breaking down organic matter/releasing carbon back to atmosphere
Decomposers play this role in the cycle.
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What are greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide is considered one of these, which build up in the atmosphere and contribute to climate change.
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What are large carbon reservoirs
These are formed by sedimentation.
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What is the soil
Where carbon can be released besides the atmosphere.
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What are the 1800s
Since this time period, burning fossil fuels became a large scale issue.
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What are carbon sinks
Oceans are considered these, which hold and absorb mass amounts of carbon.
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What is their tissue
This is where consumers store carbon that isn't released in cellular respiration.
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