Carbon Cycle
Across
- 5. ___ and ___ are two processes that convert living things into detritus and nutrients.
- 7. A person’s ___ represents the amount of greenhouse gases that he/she produces through all the activities they engage in.
- 8. ___ are non-renewable energy sources created from the remains of ancient plants and animals.
- 9. During photosynthesis, ___ as well as glucose are produced as products.
- 10. ___ provides the energy for photosynthesis.
- 11. Carbon can be found dissolved in water as carbonate and ___
- 13. This is partially decomposed plant matter that can be found in bogs and swamps.
- 14. C6H12O6 is called ___ and is a product of photosynthesis.
- 15. This process adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels and trees.
- 17. This process is performed by all living things and it allows them to convert glucose into energy.
- 18. ___ and water are the reactants of photosynthesis.
- 19. Carbon dioxide is an example of a ___ because it traps heat in the atmosphere and increases our global temperatures.
- 21. This fossil fuel is composed mainly of methane gas, and it can be transported using pipelines across the country.
- 22. The pigment chlorophyll is this color.
- 26. These organisms turn detritus into nutrients in the soil.
- 28. A carbon ___ is a storage area for carbon. It keeps it from combining with oxygen and forming carbon dioxide.
- 29. These organisms assimilate carbon from producers as well as other consumers.
- 30. This solid fossil fuel is found through digging into the land, and often through the removal of mountains.
- 31. This is the waste matter and remains of once living organisms.
- 32. This gas has the formula CH4.
Down
- 1. During cellular respiration ___ as well as carbon dioxide are produced as products.
- 2. This pigment is used to capture sunlight during photosynthesis.
- 3. This process is used by plants in order to create glucose.
- 4. Unlike consumers, producers and detritus, fossil fuels represent a ___ carbon reservoir.
- 6. In this process carbon can be moved from one biotic component in the food web to the next.
- 7. Much of the carbon found in oceans is combined with calcium and oxygen to form this compound which can be found in seashells.
- 12. These organisms perform photosynthesis.
- 16. ___ is the country that produces the most oil in the world.
- 20. This is the process of removing all the trees from an area of land.
- 23. Decomposers turn detritus to ___ which then get assimilated by producers.
- 24. Another term for oil is ___ .
- 25. This process converts dead remains into fossil fuels.
- 27. Carbon can be stored in ___ carbon reservoirs like producers, consumers and detritus.