Question

Summarize what happens during the carbon cycle within 4-5 sentences by naming the processes that release and absorb carbon and describing what is carbon footprint.

Answer 1

The Carbon Cycle

• Carbon moves from the atmosphere to plants.
• Carbon moves from plants to animals.
• Carbon moves from plants and animals to soils.
• Carbon moves from living things to the atmosphere.
• Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned.
• Carbon moves from the atmosphere to the oceans.

Carbon Footprint - A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent.