carbon stores

Question 1

list 4 biggest stores of carbon and their amount

Answer 1

lithosphere - 100,000,000 Gt
oceans - 38,000 Gt
terrestrial biosphere - 2,400 Gt
atmosphere - 380 Gt (increasing around 2 parts per million every year)

Question 2

what 3 places can carbon be stored in the hydrosphere (think ocean)

Answer 2

-surface layer - sun penetrates - photsynthesis
-intermediate/deep player
-living organic matter e.g. fish, plankton, bacteria

Question 3

5 stores of terrestrial carbon

Answer 3

=living vegetation - in plant tissue
=plant litter - undecomposed plant material
=soil humus - litter decomposing, holds more carbon than plants+animals
=peat - partially decayed vegetation
=animals - move carbon

Question 4

what are the 2 largest forest stores of carbon
place examples

Answer 4

russia’s boreal forest - 25% of world’s forest carbon
amazon basin - 20% of world’s forest carbon

Question 5

how much carbon is stored in North York peatlands

Answer 5

584 million tons of carbon
in 1 million acres

Question 6

what type of forest is the majority of forest carbon stored in

Answer 6

boreal forest = 27%
tropical rainforest = 20%