Carbon Cycle
What is the carbon cycle?
The carbon cycle is a basic biogeochemical process that depicts carbon's continual transit across the Earth's atmosphere, seas, soil, and living creatures.
Name one everyday action that can reduce your carbon footprint
Using public transportation, eating less meat, etc
Name one solution/mitigation strategy
Fossil fuel subsidies/investment in clean technology/education
Where did the carbon cycle happen?
Most carbon is stored in rocks and sediments, while the rest is stored in the ocean, atmosphere, and living organisms.
What is the industrial revolution?
The process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing.
Why do plants need carbon dioxide?
Plants absorb carbon dioxide and use sunshine to produce food, storing it in their leaves, stems, and roots (photosynthesis)
Name two human activities that disrupt the Carbon Cycle
Deforestation and Fossil Fuels Combustion
Name one thing a person can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Adopting a plant-based diet/ purchasing environmentally friendly items/supporting sustainability
Name one of the Earth's systems
Atmosphere/Lithosphere/Geosphere/Hydrosphere, etc
Why is it bad for the environment?
The increase in the number of factories and migration to the cities led to pollution, deplorable working and living conditions, and child labor.
What did CO2 become after going through the carbon cycle?
Organic matter
What is deforestation?
The purposeful clearing of forested land
How can someone reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
save energy/less travel/reduce, reuse, repair and recycle, etc
What happen when there's changes in the carbon cycle?
It influences the ecosystem, impacting species diversity and habitat resilience.
How did it effect Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions
It accelerates the transition of carbon from the slow to the fast carbon cycles, releasing massive amounts of previously stored carbon into the atmosphere.
What contribution did the carbon cycle did to Earth?
The carbon cycle contributes to the planet's stable temperature and supporting life
What is fossil fuel combustion
The process of burning coal, oil, natural gases, or other fossil fuels to create energy.
Name three environmentally friendly items
reusable shopping bags/water bottle/compost bins/solar pannels, etc
How did the carbon cycle help photosynthesis
The carbon cycle helps plants and phytoplankton transform atmospheric CO₂ into organic matter.
How did it effect Global Warming and Climate Change
CO₂ in the atmosphere increases the greenhouse effect, resulting in higher global temperatures.
What is a Carbon sink?
A natural system that absorbs more carbon than it releases, like forests or oceans
Name one way deforestation affects the carbon cycle
Releases stored carbon into the atmosphere, reducing carbon absorption
What is carbon sequestration?
The process of capturing and storing atmospheric CO2
What happens when CO2 levels rise in the ocean?
Ocean acidification, which harms marine life
Who suffered the most from the Industrial Revolution?
The workers