The Carbon Cycle

The Carbon Cycle shows how much carbon is naturally recycled

• All the carbon on Earth moves in a big cycle - the carbon cycle
• Respiration returns CO2 to the atmosphere as part of the carbon cycle
  • Respiration (the process in plants and animals that releases energy and gives out carbon dioxide as waste) in plants and animals
  • Respiration is decomposers when plants and animals dies, decomposers (bacteria and fungi) break them down. As they do, they respire and produces CO2
• Burning plants also return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere as part of the carbon cycle
• Dead plants and animals can also because fossil fuels over long periods of time - oil, natural…