Matching Pairs Carbon Cycle Organize It 8th periodOnline version Organize It - Carbon Cycle 6th Period by Billie Jean Warta 1 Photosynthesis 2 Consumption 3 Decomposition 4 Fossil Fuels 5 Volcanism 6 Combustion 7 Diffusion 8 Respiration The exchange of Carbon through the surface of the ocean. The release of CO2 back into the atmosphere from animals and plants The transfer of carbon from one organism to another organism. Plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere in order to produce glucose for survival. Over a long period of time these are created from dead plants and animals. The burning of fossil fuels releases CO2 into the atmosphere. Dead plants and animals transfer carbon into the Earth. CO2 is released into the atmosphere from volcanoes.