The Carbon Cycle

Test yourself on The Carbon Cycle

• What process adds carbon to the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned?

• How do animals mainly obtain the carbon compounds they need?

• Which of these are true regarding carbon during the carbon cycle?

• What would happen to the carbon in a dead animal's body if decomposers did not break it down?

• What would happen to an animal's ability to get carbon compounds if there were no plants for it to eat?