Introduction

Question 1

What is carbon

Answer 1

One of the most chemically versatile elements

Examples of carbon compounds: Biomolecules, C02, Methane, hydrocarbons

Question 2

Origins of carbon

Answer 2

Primary source is the Earth’s interior

Stored in the mantle when Earth was formed, escapes at constructive and destructive plate boundaries

Some of the carbon remains as C02 in the atmosphere, some is dissolved in oceans, some is held as biomass and bound in rocks