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Decoding“TheCarbonCycle”Article
1. GlanceovertheHeadinginthearticle.Whatistheconnectionbetweentheheadingsinthearticle?
2. Glancingovertheentirearticle,PREDICTwhatyouthinkthearticleisgoingtobeabout?Bespecificinyourrationale.
3. Lookoverthefigures,whattypeofexperimentsdoyouthinkscientistconductedtocollecttheresultsseeninthearticle.
4. Numbertheparagraphsinthearticle.Readoverthearticleonce.Highlightorunderlineanyunknownwordsandrecordtheminthespacebelow.Lookupthedefinitionandrecordinthespacebelow.Annotate(!)anyinformationyoufoundinteresting.
UnknownWords Definition
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5. Listanyspecies,organisms,orsubstancesthearticlewasabout.
6. Nowthatyouhavereadthetextonce,createfourquestionsyouhaveaboutthearticle.1)
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7. CreateONEanalysisquestionfromthearticle.1)
8. PickTWOofyourquestionsfromquestion#6andanswerthembelow.Then,answerthequestionyouwroteinquestion#7.
9. Howdophotosynthesisandcellularrespirationrelatetotheinformationpresentedinthisarticle?Responseshouldbe6–8sentenceinlength.
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Summary
10. Intwoparagraphs,summarizekeypointsfromthearticle.