4 Carbon Cycle

Question 1

Carbon Cycle

Answer 1

The biogeochemical cycle where carbon moves from one sphere to another

Question 2

Fluxes

Answer 2

The movement of carbon through the ecosystem

Question 3

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Answer 3

The official organisation for assessing climate change

Question 4

Anthropogenic

Answer 4

Actions associated with human activity

Question 5

Reservoir turnover

Answer 5

The rate at which carbon enters and leaves a store is measured by

(mass of carbon in any store at one time) divided by (exchange flux)

Question 6

Sequestering

Answer 6

The natural storage of carbon

by physical or biological processes

eg photosynthesis

Question 7

Processes

Answer 7

The physical mechanisms that drive the flux of material between a stores

Question 8

Carbon cycle pumps

Answer 8

It’s a process that operates in the ocean to circulate and store carbon

Question 9

Thermohaline circulation

Answer 9

thermo (temperature)
haline (salinity)

The global system of ocean currents is driven by temperature and salinity differences between oceans.