Carbon Cycle Flashcards
Photosynthesis
When plants to CO2 + sunlight and makes food + O2 for themselves
Respiration
When you exhale CO2
Productivity
How much life can be supported
Biomass
The mass of all living things in a ecosystem
Agricultural Activities
Plants, animals, fuel/heating, machinery, fertilizer
Deforestation
Removing trees
Reforestation
Planting trees
Weathering
Wearing down of rocks
Erosion
Transport of soil and rocks by permafrost
Soil quality
Healthy soil (+)
Dry soil (-)
Permafrost (-)
Melting permafrost (+++) methane
Sedimentation
Making rocks
Resource extraction
Mining, gas, fossil fuels
Burning of fossil fuels
Transportation, factories,
Fire
Forest fire, factory fire, campfire
Ocean acidification
Harmful to aquatic environment
CO2 in the ocean
When the oceans absorbs the CO2
Acts as a sink
Greenhouse gases (GHG)
CO2 [carbon dioxide]
Water Vapor
Methane [CH4]
CO [carbon monoxide (very deadly)]