Carbon Cycle Facts
Carbon Cycle Facts
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| Interesting Carbon Cycle Facts: |
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| Some objects can store carbon for many years and are known as carbon sinks. |
| Carbon in the air is attached to oxygen and is known as a molecule called carbon dioxide. |
| Plants use carbon dioxide in the air to make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. |
| When plants die and decompose, they could eventually become a fossil fuel and be burned to return as carbon dioxide in the air. |
| Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is helpful because it helps keep our planet at a livable temperature. |
| The ocean takes up quite a bit of carbon dioxide to provide nutrients for its plants. |
| Living substances that contain carbon are known as organic. |
| Carbon is the second most abundant substance in living organisms behind water. |
| Humans can obtain carbon in the carbon cycle by eating plants or eating animals that eat plants. |
| Roughly 99% of carbon is stored deep within the Earth’s surface. |
| Carbon is so important that there is an entire branch of chemistry dedicated to it called organic chemistry. |
| Carbon is very versatile in that it can combine with up to four other elements at the same time and can exist as a solid, liquid, or a gas. |
| Carbon-14 dating is a technique used to determine the age of ancient artifacts and fossils. |
| Carbon is number 4 on the most abundant elements in the universe list. |
| The origin of the word carbon comes from the word carbo which is Latin for coal. |
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