6.2B Flashcards
1
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Terrestrial stores
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2
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Primary producers
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- They sequester Carbon via photosynthesis (trees and vegetation)
- 95% of the tree’s biomass is made up from the CO2 and converts it to cellulose as a result of carbon fixation.
- As plants grow the release CO2 in the atmosphere through respiration.
3
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Primary producers
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- Bugs, beetles and herbivores depend and feed on food producers.
- They return Carbon through respiration.
- Organisms such as bacteria and insect feed on dead pants, animal waste and animals and are biological decomposers.