Carbon Cycle
Carbon is the main element in all living things
• Plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere in a process called photosynthesis.
• Plants use the carbon to make other carbon-containing molecules such as sugars and starches.
• Carbon becomes part of the cells of consumers through the food they eat.
• When animals eat other animals who ate plants, the carbon is passed along to them.
• Animals then breathe out and give off CO2 into the air so the plants can use it again.
• Plants use the carbon to make other carbon-containing molecules such as sugars and starches.
• Carbon becomes part of the cells of consumers through the food they eat.
• When animals eat other animals who ate plants, the carbon is passed along to them.
• Animals then breathe out and give off CO2 into the air so the plants can use it again.
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