water and carbon -changes in stores spatially and temporally

Question 1

how do carbon stores change temporally?

Answer 1

.some carbon flows are relatively fast and transfer carbon quicker between stores eg -photosynthesis, respiration and combustion
.other flows are much slower eg -sequestration

Question 2

how do carbon stores change spatially?

Answer 2

.flows can occur at a plant scale, serel scale and ecosystem scale

Question 3

how does carbon flow at a plant scale?

Answer 3

.photosynthesis takes in co2 into the leaves and co2 is released during plant respiration
.when leaves fall off the tree, they decompose which adds carbon into the soil, and the respiration from the decomposes releases carbon into the atmosphere

Question 4

how does carbon flow at a serel scale?

Answer 4

.flows of carbon change at a serel scale due to primary succession

Question 5

what is primary succession?

Answer 5

.when bare rock is colonised by plant and animal communities over time, at the end of succession, climatic climax is reached where the plants can no longer grow anymore as they are at their climax