water and carbon -amazon rainforest case study (carbon cycle in the amazon)

Question 1

what percentage does the amazon rainforest hold of the global terrestrial vegetation carbon stock?

Answer 1

.17%

Question 2

why is the amazon rainforest classed as a carbon sink?

Answer 2

.wood is 50% carbon, so rainforest plants and trees store carbon which can help mitigate the effects of global warming

Question 3

what type of amazon rainforest takes in more carbon dioxide than they put back into the atmosphere?

Answer 3

.untouched amazon forest

Question 4

what evidence is there that supports the idea that untouched tropical rainforests act as a carbon sink?

Answer 4

.dead amazonian trees emit 1.9 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year but the amazon rainforest absorbs 2.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide

Question 5

what can have a massive influence of the carbon cycle in the amazon?

Answer 5

.human activity eg: land use change can have significant influence on the carbon cycle