Carbon Cycle Flashcards
GEOLOGICAL ORIGINS
FORMATION OF SEDEMENTARY CARBONATE ROCKS
PLANTS AND AMINALS SHALE, COAL AND OTHER ROCKS
GEOLOGICAL PROCESS WHICH RELEASE CARBON
BURN FOSSIL FUELS
VOLCANIC OUTGASING
CHEMICAL WEATHERING
BIOLOGICAL CARBON CYCLE
CO2 DISSOLVES IN OCEAN BIOLOGICAL PUMP CARBONATE PUMP PUMPS OUT CO2 FROM ATMOS TO OCEAN WITHOUT PLANKTON CO2 TOO HIGH PHYISCAL PUMP AND THERMOHALINE CIRC
THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION AND THE GULF STREAM
“POLAR” WATER - DENSE/HEAVY = SINKS
WARMER WATER DRAWN IN FROM OCEAN
MOVELMENT FORM TROPICS
COLD WATER UP READY TO BE WARMED
NUTRIENTS
CURRENT AFFECTED BY LARGE ADDITIONS OF FRESH WATER
CAUSE GLOBAL ISSUES eg FALLING OF THE GULF STREAM
TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE
PLANTS SEQUEST FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS
RESPIRATION FROM ANIMALS RELEASED BACK INTO ATMOSPHERE
MICRO ORGANISMS EAT ANIMAL WASTE
THEN DIE
RELEASED BACK TO SOIL
TERRESTRIAL STORES
ROLE OF TREEES
MANGROVES
TUNDRA SOILS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
Retention of heat by greenhouse gases on surface of earth allowing planets temp rise
Contributing factor global warming
Heat absorbed by earth
Gases, methane carbon dioxide sulphur dioxide
REGULATING COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
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IMPORTANT FOR ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
SOIL HEALTH
FOSSIL FUELS
AMPLIFIES THE GREEN HOUSE EFFECT
GLOBAL WARMING AFFECTS NATURLA THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION
LEADS TO UK TEMP BEING 5 DEGREES HIGHER
ECOSYSTEM RISK
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
MELTS PERMAFROST AND CRYOSPHERE
AFFECTS HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
ENERGY SECURITY (DEFN)
UNINTERUPTED AVAILABILITY OF ENERGY SOURCES AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE
ACCESSIBILITY - AFFORDABILITY, AVAILABILITY AND RELIABILITY
ENERGY MIX
HOW COUNTRY MEETS ENERGY DEMANDS EG FOSSIL FUELS AND RENEWABLES
FACTORS AFFECTING ENERGY SECURITY X 7
1. ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT 2 CLIMATE 3 ENVIORNMENTAL PRIORITIES 4 DEPENDANCE ON IMPORTED ENERGY 5 PHYSICAL AVAILABILITY OF THE RESOURCE 6 TECHNOLOGY 7 COST OF ACCESSING THE STORE
ENERGY PLAYERS
GOVERNMENTS CONSUMERS OPEC ENVIRONMENTALISTS eg GREENPEACE GENERATORS DISTRIBUTORS ENERGY TNC'S SCIENTISTS
CASE STUDY ON
ENERGY MIX AND SECURITY IN FRANCE
ITS IN THE TOP 10 ENERGY CONSUMING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
POP 64.6 MILLION (SMALL)
ONLY 50% FOSSIL FUELS AS COMPARED TO SOUTH KOREA 82%
CLIMATE +VE = LESS FLUCS
10% ENERGY RENEWABLE
41% NUCLEAR ENERGY
SECURE AS NOT DEPENDANT ON ONE SOURCE OF ENERGY
CASE STUDY ON
ENERGY MIX AND SECURITY IN USA
2ND IN TOP 10 ENERGY CONSUMING COUNTRIES
HUGE POP 318.9M
HOT AND COLD CLIMATES
LARGE INPUTS OF ENERGY eg LIGHTING, HEATING
CARBON FULES PRODUCE 82% OF ENERGY CONSUMED
10% RENEWABLES
8% NUCLEAR
NOT LOOKING LONGER TERM
OIL DISTRIBUTION
SEE DAD