Vocabulary and Concept Check (8.4)

Vocabulary

• Carbon Cycle: A process which carbon moves from inorganic to organic compounds.
• Greenhouse Effect: A property that keeps the world warm enough for living things to survive.

Concept Check

1.) An example would be that through photosynthesis, plants convert inorganic carbon dioxide to organic compounds

2.) How is carbon dioxide important to earths climate?

Carbon dioxide is important to earths climate because it traps heat from the sun which gives earth its warm temperature.