The Carbon Cycle - Carbon moves from the atmosphere to plants.
In the atmosphere, carbon is attached to oxygen in a gas called
carbon dioxide (CO2). With the help of the Sun, through the
process of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is pulled from the air
to make plant food from carbon. - Carbon moves from plants to
animals. Through food chains, the carbon that is in plants moves
to the animals that eat them. Animals that eat other animals get
the carbon from their food too. - Carbon moves from plants and
animals to the ground. When plants and animals die, their
bodies, wood and leaves decay bringing the carbon into the
ground. Some become buried miles underground and will become
fossil fuels in millions and millions of years. - Carbon moves
from living things to the atmosphere. Each time you exhale, you
are releasing carbon dioxide gas (CO2) into the atmosphere.
Animals and plants get rid of carbon dioxide gas through a
process called respiration. - Carbon moves from fossil fuels to
the atmosphere when fuels Whe