Download 6.2a The Carbon Cycle Simulation Lab Choice 1 “The Carbon Cycle

6.2a The Carbon Cycle Simulation
Lab Choice 1 “The Carbon Cycle Simulation”
1. Open the following link in a new window: The Carbon Cycle Simulation
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html
2. Through this online simulated game, you will learn how carbon cycles through
Earth system. Your objective is to get to all of the places that carbon is stored
along this map. You can click on arrows to choose your direction.
3. As you travel through the carbon cycle, please answer the questions below:
1. What is the percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
2. What is the percentage of increase of carbon dioxide in the past 150
years?
3. What happens to Earth when there is more carbon dioxide in our
atmosphere?
4. What is the process called when plants use carbon dioxide and the sun’s
energy to create nutrition?
5. When plants and animals die, what is that part of the soil called?
6. Soils store what percentage of the Earth’s carbon?
7. What absorbs more carbon dioxide, cold or warm ocean water?
8. What absorbs more carbon dioxide, the atmosphere or oceans?
9. What percentage of the Earth’s carbon is stored in the deep ocean?
10. What tiny marine organisms take in carbon dioxide to produce nutrition?
11. How many stops can you make on your trip?
12. Will your journey ever end? Why or why not?
13. Was everyone’s journey the same? Why or why not?
14. What would happen if we burned more fossil fuels?
4. Save your document as 6.2carbonjourney_YourName
5. Submit the file to your instructor using the Add Submission button below.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html