Transcript Carbon Cycle Activity

Carbon Cycle Journey
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Write down which carbon reservoir you start at. (left Column)
Roll a di and record where you are going. (right Column)
Record Flux Mechanism – HOW YOU GO THERE (middle column)
Go to the next station (you may not move!) and repeat.
Continue moving until all your spaces are filled.
DRAW A DIAGRAM OF YOUR JOURNEY IN YOUR JOUNRAL
Repeat Steps 1-6. This represents post industrial revolution.
Answer the Analysis Questions in your notebook
Analysis Questions
1. Where did you spend most of your time PRE industrial revolution?
What about Post industrial revolution? Does this make sense?
Why/Why not?
2. Why do you think there is a difference?
3. In the course of the carbon cycle, are carbon atoms themselves
ever created? Ever destroyed? Ever changed into other
compounds? Explain
4. How could the cycling of carbon be further influenced by human
activity? Give 2 examples
5. What changes do occur in the state of carbon atoms in the course
of the cycle? Next to each of your stops, write whether each
change was biological (B), Geological (G), Chemical/Physical
(C/P), or Human Impacts (H)
6. What can we do to help prevent a further imbalance of carbon in
our ecosystem?
Analysis Questions
1. Where did you spend most of your time PRE industrial revolution?
What about Post industrial revolution? Does this make sense?
Why/Why not?
2. Why do you think there is a difference?
3. In the course of the carbon cycle, are carbon atoms themselves
ever created? Ever destroyed? Ever changed into other
compounds? Explain
4. How could the cycling of carbon be further influenced by human
activity? Give 2 examples
5. What changes do occur in the state of carbon atoms in the course
of the cycle? Next to each of your stops, write whether each
change was biological (B), Geological (G), Chemical/Physical
(C/P), or Human Impacts (H)
6. What can we do to help prevent a further imbalance of carbon in
our ecosystem?
Analysis Questions
1. Where did you spend most of your time PRE industrial revolution?
What about Post industrial revolution? Does this make sense?
Why/Why not?
2. Why do you think there is a difference?
3. In the course of the carbon cycle, are carbon atoms themselves
ever created? Ever destroyed? Ever changed into other
compounds? Explain
4. How could the cycling of carbon be further influenced by human
activity? Give 2 examples
5. What changes do occur in the state of carbon atoms in the course
of the cycle? Next to each of your stops, write whether each
change was biological (B), Geological (G), Chemical/Physical
(C/P), or Human Impacts (H)
6. What can we do to help prevent a further imbalance of carbon in
our ecosystem?
Analysis Questions
1. Where did you spend most of your time PRE industrial revolution?
What about Post industrial revolution? Does this make sense?
Why/Why not?
2. Why do you think there is a difference?
3. In the course of the carbon cycle, are carbon atoms themselves
ever created? Ever destroyed? Ever changed into other
compounds? Explain
4. How could the cycling of carbon be further influenced by human
activity? Give 2 examples
5. What changes do occur in the state of carbon atoms in the course
of the cycle? Next to each of your stops, write whether each
change was biological (B), Geological (G), Chemical/Physical
(C/P), or Human Impacts (H)
6. What can we do to help prevent a further imbalance of carbon in
our ecosystem?