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EQ1: How does the carbon cycle operate to maintain planetary health? MatchUp

Target Level
C
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Click on a top box, then click on its match below. Or, drag a top box and drop it onto the correct match. Match all pairs before clicking ‘Check’.

respiration
photosynthesis
permafrost
biomass
carbonate rock
burial and compaction to rock
CO2 dissolved in water
decomposers
CO2 (carbon dioxide) and CH4 (methane)
combustion
outgassing
The largest store of carbon in the lithosphere:
Much of the carbon in the hydrosphere is:
A lot of the carbon in the cryosphere is stored in frozen ground called:
Carbon is stored in living things. This is called:
Trace gases in the atmosphere:
Process removing CO2 from the atmosphere by plants, which turn it into glucose (sugar):
Process whereby organisms use glucose to provide energy, exhaling CO2 as a result:
Organisms that break down complex molecules such as carbohydrates into simple molecules, releasing CO2 through respiration:
Burning – the breakdown of material by heat, usually releasing CO2 and often particles of black carbon too:
Long-term storage of carbon on the ocean floor:
Process at ocean ridges, subduction zones and hotspots (volcanoes):

This is your 1st attempt! You get 3 marks for each one you get right. Good luck!

Pass Mark
75%