The Carbon Cycle
The process that releases Carbon Dioxide from living things
Respiration
Carbon transformation in Decomposition.
Carbon stored in living things is released to the surrounding soil and air.
What human activity increases carbon dioxide production.
Burning Fossil fuels
The sphere made of up of all oceans, lakes, rivers, water vapour and underground water.
Hydrosphere.
The group of gases carbon dioxide is in.
Greenhouse gases.
The products of Photosynthesis.
Oxygen and Glucose
Carbon transformation in combustion.
The human activity that reduces the amount of carbon removed from the atmosphere.
Deforestation.
The sphere made up of all living material.
Biosphere
How carbon is stored in plants.
Glucose
How carbon enters into the ocean.
Decay of organic matter, weathering of rocks, phytoplankton.
Carbon transformation in geological formations.
Human activities that contribute to burning more fossil fuels.
The atmosphere contain oxygen and carbon dioxide which are needed for cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
How Carbon is found in the atmosphere.
CO2 and CH4
The process of Carbon being stored.
Carbon sequestration
Carbon Transformation in Fossilisation.
Stored carbon in organic matter is put under large amounts of pressure over millions of years. This matter is then converted into fossil fuels.
Human activities that negatively impact the earths' spheres.
Landfill, deforestation, overfishing, pollution, plastic waste.
The impact of human activities on the atmosphere.
Human activities release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The impact of Carbon on Oceans.
Absorbed CO2 breaks apart in water and increases the acidity. As CO2 becomes more dominant in the atmosphere, the ocean becomes more acidic.
The process that removes Carbon from the atmosphere.
Photosynthesis
The chemical equation for Cellular Respiration.
C6H12O6 + O2 ------> CO2 + H2O + ATP
How burning of fossil fuels impacts the carbon cycle.
Excess carbon dioxide released by burning more fossil fuels, increases the overall amount of carbon cycle in the atmosphere. The increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can increased global temperatures.
The impact of a forest fire on the spheres.
Biosphere - burning of trees and possible death of animals. Hydrosphere - more water vapour released into the atmosphere. Atmosphere - Carbon dioxide and smoke released into the atmosphere.
How Carbon Dioxide can increase global temperatures.
Carbon Dioxide creates a barrier around the Earth that allows sunlight energy in, but traps thermal energy. As the thermal energy is trapped around the Earth and not released to space, it continues to heat up the atmosphere and therefore the Earth as a whole.