Hunter McCarty Carbon Cycle Gizmo 2021 Bio

Explore the Carbon Cycle with this simulation! Track how carbon moves through the atmosphere, plants, animals, oceans, and fossil fuels, showing nature’s balance and human impact.

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GizmosName:HunterDate:Student Exploration: Carbon CycleDirections: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions andprompts in the orange boxes.Vocabulary:atmosphere, biomass, biosphere, carbon reservoir, carbon sink, fossil fuel, geospheregreenhouse gas. hydrosphere, lithosphere, photosynthesisPrior Knowledge Questions(Do these BEFORE using lhe Gizmo.)Inthe process ofphotosynthesisplantslakeincarbon dioxide (CO.) from lhe atmosphere and waler(HjO)from lhe soil. Using the energy of sunlight plants build molecules of glucose (C HOe) and oxygen {O2).1.Howdo plants on Earth affect the amounl of cartoon in Earth's almosphere?They take carbon and turn it into oxygen.2.Animals eat plants and produce carbon dioxide and waler. How do animals affect the amounl of carbon inEarth's almosphere?They breathe out cartocn dioxide for the plants.Gizmo Warm-upTheCarbon CycleGizmo allows you Io follow the many paths an atom ofcarbon can take through Earth s systems. To beginnolice the black carbonatom in the Atmospheric CO=area, highlighted in yellow. The glowing blueareas represent possible localions lhe cartoon atom could go next.1.From Earth’s atmosphere, where can the cartoon atom go next?It could go to oceanic CO2next.2.Click on Land plants and read the description. How did the carbon atom get from the almosphere to aplant?The carbon gels Io the plant through photosynthesis.3.Select Land animals. How did the carbon atom get from land planIs into lhe animal?Animals consume plants, however a lot of carbon isn'tconsumed fromtheplant because it is storedin lhewood.4.Select Atmospheric COj How didlhecarbon atom gel from land animals back tolheatmosphere?

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