Carbon's Journey
8th Grade · Science · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can describe how carbon moves through the environment.
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Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe and an essential building block of life.
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The carbon cycle describes how carbon moves between different pools, such as the atmosphere, oceans, and land.
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Humans impact the carbon cycle by burning fossil fuels, which moves slow carbon into the atmosphere, changing the distribution of carbon on Earth.
