DO NOW: Answer questions 1-3 on your notes

1. Which of the following are abiotic factors?

Circle all that apply.

Temperature Plants Water

Organisms Minerals

2. Identify the process by which organisms make ATP and release carbon dioxide

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3. Identify the process by which plants use CO2 and H2O to produce oxygen and glucose.

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The Water Cycle The Water Cycle Think, Pair, Share:

Why is it called the water cycle?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Carbon CycleThe Carbon Cycle 1. Examine Diagram1. Examine Diagram2. Write it Out2. Write it Out

Video + Discussion Q’s:1. Define decomposition and state the role it plays in the carbon cycle._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. How has the burning of fossil fuels by humans negatively affected the carbon cycle? _____________________________________________________________________

Carbon Cycle in Action

Partner Practice1. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil

fuels, cycle carbon through the carbon cycle. Which other processes also participate in the carbon cycle? Circle ALL CORRECT ANSWERS

(1) Biological processes in plants, such as photosynthesis

(2) Decomposition (decay) of dead organisms(3) Cellular respiration in organisms such as

humans and plants (4) Life sustaining processes such as feeding

Class Response1. Animals obtain carbon-based nutrients

by___________.2. Plants use carbon during ____________.3. Plants and humans return carbon to the

atmosphere by ____________________. 4. In the atmosphere (air), carbon exists in the form

of___________________.5. Plants use carbon to synthesize

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