There are 118 elements and carbon is one of them. An important gas that traps heat in our atmosphere. Carbon is combined with two other atoms made up of oxygen. A gas that runs through living and non-living things e.g coal, oil, liquid, or gas. What does carbon dioxide When carbon dioxide (CO2 is released into the atmosphere by human activities. It absorbs the heat energy from the sun and that energy gets directed into different directions, carbon dioxide (CO2) only traps the sun's heat to help us keep warm. But because its trapped heat