6.2

Question 1

What are the types of oceanic carbon pump?

Answer 1

Biological
Physical
Carbonate

Question 2

What is the biological carbon pump?

Answer 2

-Carbon dioxide is moved from the ocean surface to phytoplankton through photosynthesis
-this converts carbon into food for zooplankton this means they then come to the ocean surface for the phytoplankton
-zooplankton then migrate to the deep ocean and when they decompose and respire meaning stores of carbon build up on the ocean floor