Carbon-Oxygen Cycle

Question 1

Volcanic Eruptions

Answer 1

• Release large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

Question 2

Carbon Sequestration (On land)

Answer 2

• On land, plants take in Carbon Dioxide to use in photosynthesis and store within their tissues (cells)

Question 3

Carbon Sequestration (definition)

Answer 3

• Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, happens in forests, big bodies of water, oceans and lakes.

Question 4

Carbon Sequestration (In ocean)

Answer 4

• In the ocean, phytoplankton and other marine organisms take in carbon through photosynthesis.
• Oceans dissolve carbon dioxide, Splits the carbon dioxide apart, mixes with other molecules and creates an acid, carbonic acid (sequestration), bleaching coral and eroding shells of crustaceans.
• Co2 combines with water and forms calcium formation of carbonate shells.

Question 5

Cellular respiration

Answer 5

• Both plants and animals, take in oxygen and consume glucose, chemical reactions occur from the glucose, mixes glucose (carbon?) with oxygen and makes Co2 releasing it to the atmosphere.

Question 6

Photosynthesis

Answer 6

• Plant cells absorb solar energy, carbon dioxide and water and convert them into oxygen, water and glucose (energy)