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George: Picture 1: Fossil Fuels in the Carbon cycle

Fossil Fuels are a part of the Carbon cycle because fossil fuels are literal Carbon, they’re made of Carbon themselves in which when a plant dies, most of the carbon goes to decomposition. But the remnants of it goes to the ground which was left behind and slowly makes its way into the coal or forms its own piece of coal. This also works with animals and human corpses in which the carbon that the decomposers missed would end up in the factories and go into the air because of human usage. That is how the carbon ends up in the sky without respiration.

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The diagram shows how carbon dioxide returns to the air through some processes in the carbon cycle. At first, plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air during photosynthesis, converting it into carbohydrates. These carbohydrates are then consumed by animals through feeding, and the animals release CO₂ back into the atmosphere via respiration. Decomposers, such as fungi, also play a role by breaking down carbohydrates from dead plants and animals, again releasing cảbon dioxide  during respiration. This cycle highlights the interconnectedness of photosynthesis, feeding, respiration, and decomposition in returning carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

Carbon dioxide goes back into the air in many kinds of ways. First of all, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere during the respiration of producers (green plants) and consumers (animals). Secondly, as the deceased’s organism molecules break down, carbon dioxide is given off. Finally,  burning fossil fuels like coal, wood, oil, etc. releases carbon dioxide, as does the weathering of rocks by acids made by microbes and plant roots.

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Carbon dioxide gets into the plants by photosynthesis, and plants use carbon dioxide for carbohydrates. When animals eat plants, the carbohydrates in plants are already inside the animals’ bodies, which also means the carbon dioxide is inside animal’s bodies. When these animals die or produce waste, decomposers like fungi consume them, allowing carbon to enter the decomposers' bodies. This process shows how carbon moves from the air into plants, animals, and decomposers.

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Group: Matt,OGU,Patrick,Mason:

When carbon dioxide in the air is consumed by plants, they are transformed into carbohydrates and through respiration, carbon dioxide is returned to the air. Animals come to eat the plants consuming the carbohydrates then also through respiration carbon dioxide is returned to the air. When animals died, decomposers decompose them and decomposers respire then carbon dioxide is returns to the air.

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Group Longman, Travis, Banana, Ash, Noobie

Paragraph 1: First, plants take in carbon dioxide from the air during photosynthesis and turn it into carbohydrates, which are stored in their cells. When animals eat plants, they get the carbon from the carbohydrates, which they use for energy and growth. When plants and animals die, decomposers like bacteria and fungi break down their bodies, then absorb the carbon. This process recycles carbon back into the soil and atmosphere, making it available for plants to use again, thus keeping the carbon cycle going.

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Plants, animals, and microbes consume oxygen and break down organic matter, releasing carbon dioxide as a byproduct. This happens in both plants during the night (when they aren't photosynthesizing) and in animals throughout the day. When plants and animals die, decomposers like bacteria and fungi break down their remains. During this process, they release carbon dioxide into the air as they break down organic material for energy starting the carbon cycle again.

Paragraph 3: During the process of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is taken in through tiny structures known as stomata in the leaf's edge, which are controlled by guard cells. Within the chloroplasts of plant cells carbon dioxide is combined with sunlight and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. Plants are consumed by animals such as herbivores, with the help of which these animals ingest the leaves and store the carbohydrates in their body systems. All green plants and animals ‘breathe’, producing carbon dioxide, which is given back to the atmosphere.

When plants and animals die, decomposers like fungi reduce them to ashes and release more carbon into the environment. When the remains are covered with soil and sediments that do not allow the remains to combust totally and turn to ashes, through the process of geology, heat, and pressure, these organic matters turn into coal, oil, or natural gas over millions of years. While these fossil fuels are burned, carbon dioxide is returned to the atmosphere thus closing the carbon cycle. The transformation of dead plants and animals into fossils or fossil fuels takes millions of years and plays a very important role in the long cycle of carbon.

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Photo 2: Using the diagram to explain the process of carbon getting released into the air (Finn, Lisa, Evelyn, LHD)

Short response: Plants and animals respire and release carbon dioxide as waste. In the night where there is no sunlight, the plant releases more carbon dioxide.

Long response:

Carbon is found in the air. For plants to photosynthesize, it takes carbon from the air and it creates glucose. An animal will later on come and eat the plant and the glucose (carbon is in the glucose) will then transfer over to the animal for respiration. When the animal dies, mushroom breaks the animal down for food and the carbon dioxide gets let out back into the air when they decompose.

The plants can also respire and release the carbon dioxide as waste.

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Kofi, Edna, Jasmine, Billy

Q1:

Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas are important in the carbon cycle. They form from ancient plant and animal remains, and they have been stored for millions of years. When burned, it releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Trees keep absorbing carbon dioxide to release oxygen for all the species and species exhale carbon dioxide which keeps the carbon cycle continuing.

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Group: Patrick, Matt, Mason, Ogu The carbon dioxide in the air combine with water by the energy from sunlight in the photosynthesis of plants. This can give out a product called glucose in plants. Glucose is a compound that contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. After animals and decomposers feed at the plants, the carbohydrates from the plants change into the bodies of animals and decomposers. The carbon atoms also change into the bodies of animals and decomposers as the carbohydrates changed.

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Finn, Lisa, Evelyn, LHD

Carbon enters the bodies of animals from the consumption of plants. Previously, the plants had converted CO2 into a new chemical substance which is glucose - contains carbon. After the animal died, the decomposers will break down its body. During this process, they break down carbon-containing molecules (proteins, fats, carbohydrates).

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Group: Patrick, Matt, Mason, Ogu

Question 1: Fossil fuels are part of the carbon-cycle because it is the product when plants and animals died then a very slow formation of fossil fuels start. After the fossil fuels have completely formed, through a process called combustion, they are transformed into carbon dioxide and go into the air. After that, the carbon-cycle continues.