3 Carbon Cycle
3 Carbon Cycle
3 Carbon Cycle
IT’S NOT JUST “GARBAGE” REMAINS… WHAT ABOUT NATURAL REMAINS FROM HUMAN
ACTIVITIES?!
-Charcoal
-Fire pit
-A pile of leaves (children playing or someone cleaning up an area)
-Animal bones (chicken bones) could indicate a meal that had been consumed
- What can different types of finds tell us about the people who left them?
-The dates of the event (or a general timeline).
-Over how long did the deposition take place (one season, one year, multiple
seasons/years).
-What activities were the space being used?
-What was the diet of the users of the space?
-Did people cook?
PHOTOSYNTHESIS: “Plants absorb carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere and
use energy from the sun to convert it into simple sugars. This is how plants seem to
grow from nothing, and why they don’t survive long if they are kept in a dark
place!!!!!” (“Carbon Cycle Animation.” West Virginia University. <http://elearn.
wvu.edu/faculty/demo/Module_2/carbon_cycle_animation.html>.)
PLANT & ANIMAL RESPIRATION: “When we burn any substance there is a release
of energy. In most cases this is heat energy. However, when plants and animals
‘burn’ substances which they stored or ate, they are able to capture the energy to do
useful things such as moving” (“Carbon Cycle Animation.” West Virginia University.
<http://elearn.wvu.edu/faculty/demo/Module_2/carbon_cycle_animation.html>.)