Carbon Cycle - 11LA OALH 21

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24 questions
Do Now
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Define distribution

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Name the line that a quadrat can be placed along

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What do predator-prey graphs show?

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Name the two types of sampling

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3 daisies are counted in a quadrat with area 1 m2.
Estimate the population of daisies in the 10.5m2 garden

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The student calculated that the mean number of ribwort plants per m2 was 3.2
The area of the field was 8250 m2.
Calculate the total number of ribwort plants in the field.

Key Knowledge
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How do plants remove carbon from the air?

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How is carbon moved from living organisms back into the air?

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How is carbon moved from fossil fuels back into the air?

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How is carbon moved from dead organisms into the air?

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How does carbon move along the food chain?

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What is a carbon store?

Recall Quiz
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1. Name the process where plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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2. Name the process where carbon dioxide is released from fossil fuels.

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3. Name the process where the carbon from dead organisms is released back into the atmosphere and the soil.

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4. Name the process where carbon dioxide is released back into the atmosphere as a waste product from all living things.

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5. Name the process where carbon is passed from producers to consumers.

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1. Living organisms are made up of the element ____________
2.____________ feed on biomass and so the ____________ is passed along the ____________ ____________
3.When these organisms ____________, carbon dioxide is released back into the ____________
4.The carbon dioxide is used by producers during ____________
5.The carbon in photosynthesis is used to make ____________, ____________ and ____________

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Describe the role of fossil fuels in the carbon cycle (6)

Plenary
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Which processes in the carbon cycle release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

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Which one process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

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Where do fossil fuels get their carbon from?

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How is carbon transferred in a food chain?

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What is it called when dead plants turn into a fossil fuel?