3. Ever Notice?
Taco Bell uses the only a handful of ingredients just rearranged to make different things.

4. Carbon
Is an amazing atom which is capable of being rearranged to make a lot of amazing things. In fact it is necessary for life to exist.
Allows our cells to build themselves.
Atmosphere
It does this because it can attach to other atoms, including itself, and form strong stable bonds. Which allows carbon to form a huge variety of very large and complex molecules.

5. Things that contain carbon..
Race cars
Diamonds
Pencils
Plastics
Charcoal
Humans
Plants
Metals
Computers
Dental tools
Tungsten
Petroleum products
DNA
Vitamins
Sugars
Proteins
Atmosphere
…a lot more.

6. Ecosystem Cycles: Carbon

7. The Carbon Cycle
1. Every organic molecule contains the element carbon.
A. Carbon and oxygen form carbon dioxide gas (CO2), an important component of the atmosphere.
B. Carbon dioxide is taken in by plants during photosynthesis and is given off by plants and animals during cellular respiration.
2. Four main types of processes move carbon through its cycle:
A. Biological processes, such as photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and decomposition, take up and release carbon and oxygen.

8. The Carbon Cycle
B. Geochemical processes, such as erosion and volcanic activity, release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and oceans.
C. Mixed biogeochemical processes, such as the burial and decomposition of dead organisms and their conversion under pressure into coal and petroleum (fossil fuels), store carbon underground.
D. Human activities, such as mining, cutting and burning forests, and burning fossil fuels, release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

9. Burning of Fossil Fuels Decomposition of dead organisms
CO2 in Atmosphere
Burning of Fossil Fuels
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Coal and Petroleum
Decomposition of dead organisms

10. Carbon Cycle