The Carbon Cycle: Changes Over Time Natural Processes Flashcards

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the two natural processes

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wildfires
volcanic activities

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how do wildfires transfer carbon?

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from biosphere to atmosphere by burning

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the example ‘case study’ of the volcano which erupted and influence the carbon cycle.

  1. what two things were impacted?
  2. what year and what country?
  3. mountain name?
  4. what did it release instead of carbon?
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  1. lowered global temperatures by 0.4-0.7 degrees Celsius in 1816, and reduced photosynthesis rates
  2. 1816 Indonesia
  3. mountain Tambora
  4. sulphur dioxide blocking the suns radiation
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