The Carbon Cycle
Deforestation
Reducing Human Carbon Footprint
Cellular Respiration
- The clearing of forests
- Animals and plants ecosystems are being destroyed by humans
- Scrub ecosystem in California is being treated especially bad
- Animals are dying out or leaving, leaving behind a deserted ecosystem
Food Web Items
- Over half the world's population lives in cities
- Ecosystems are being destroyed in order to build buildings
- Cities are responsible for over 70% of global CO2 emissions
- Need to preserve parts of the ecosystem so plants and animals can still survive and not become endangered
Cellular respiration is the process by which the chemical energy of "food" molecules is released and partially captured in the form of ATP.
Scrub Ecosystem
Olives
- Nucleic Acid
- Protein
- Lipid
- Carbohydrate
Organic Molecules
- Located in the Mediterranean, South Australia, California, South Africa, and Central Chile
- Between 30-40 degrees latitude
- Hot, dry summers
- Cold, wet winters
- Very little rain in summer
- Lots of rain in winter
Citations
Photosynthesis
"Cell Respiration: Introduction." Cell Respiration: Introduction. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
"The Carbon Cycle: Sources and Sinks." The Carbon Cycle: Sources and Sinks. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
"Urban Solutions." WWF. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
"What Are Carbon Sinks?" FERN. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
- The process by which a cell captures the energy in sunlight and uses it to make food.
- During photosynthesis, plants and some other organisms use energy from the sun to convert CO2 and water into oxygen and sugars, including glucose.
Sources and Sinks
Sources
Sinks
- Oceans
- Photosynthesis
- Soil
- Fossil Fuels
- Plant Respiration
- Animal Respiration
- Wildfires
- Decomposition/Fossil Fuels
Spinach
- Nucleic Acid
- Protein
- Lipid
- Carbohydrate
Add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
Take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere
Mushroom
- Nucleic Acid
- Protein
- Lipid
- Carbohydrate
Organic Molecules
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates
Mushroom Ravioli
- Regulates cell processes and builds cell structures
- Carries hereditary information
- Used to make proteins
- Supplies energy for cell processes
- Forms plant structures
- Short term energy storage
- Stores large amounts of energy long term
- Forms boundaries around cells