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How Do Combustion Reactions Affect the Carbon Cycle?
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SecondaryYear 9ScienceEarth and SpaceEnvironmentalClimate ChangeDisaster resilienceEnergySustainabilityEconomicDesign ThinkingIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureJob ReadySystems ThinkingTechnology
Lesson Summary
Students uncover the effects of climate change and its underlying causes. They look into combustion reactions and discover their role in the greenhouse effect. Students also explore the carbon cycle by analysing the processes and stores involved to understand how human activity has influenced the disruption to the carbon cycle and what effect this has on climate change.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- Represent the carbon cycle and describe the key processes and stores involved, including combustion, photosynthesis and respiration, as well as gain an understanding of how human activities have affected the carbon cycle.
Success criteria
Students can:
- Understand what the greenhouse effect is and why it is occurring.
- Describe a combustion reaction and explain why these influence the greenhouse effect.
- Represent the carbon cycle in a diagram and show how combustion interacts with the atmosphere and how this affects photosynthesis and respiration.
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