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    The CARBON CYCLE is the natural cycling of carbon atoms between rocks,vegetation,oceans and the atmosphere. The CARBON CYCLE begins with the "reservoir " of carbon dioxide molecules present in the air and bicarbonate molecules present in water. A Carbon atom may be respired and return to the atmosphere and in aquatic systems it will be returned to the inorganic carbonate in solution.

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    The CARBON CYCLE is the natural cycling of carbon atoms between rocks,vegetation,oceans and the atmosphere. The CARBON CYCLE begins with the "reservoir " of carbon dioxide molecules present in the air and bicarbonate molecules present in water. A Carbon atom may be respired and return to the atmosphere and in aquatic systems it will be returned to the inorganic carbonate in solution.

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    The CARBON CYCLE is the natural cycling of carbon atoms between rocks,vegetation,oceans and the atmosphere. The CARBON CYCLE begins with the "reservoir " of carbon dioxide molecules present in the air and bicarbonate molecules present in water. A Carbon atom may be respired and return to the atmosphere and in aquatic systems it will be returned to the inorganic carbonate in solution.

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    THE

    CARBON
    CYCLE
    Aiyna Ali & Jade Lutchman

    THE CARBON CYCLE

    Diagram of the Carbon


    Cycle

    What is the Carbon Cycle?: The carbon cycle is the


    natural cycling of carbon atoms between
    rocks,vegetation,oceans and the atmosphere.
    The carbon cycle begins with the reservoir of carbon
    dioxide molecules present in the air and bicarbonate
    molecules present in water. Carbon atoms from CO 2
    become the carbon atoms of the organic molecules
    making up a plants body through the process of
    photosynthesis. The carbon atoms then become part
    of the tissues of all the other organisms by moving
    into the food webs. A Carbon atom may be respired
    and return to the atmosphere and in aquatic systems
    it will be returned to the inorganic carbonate in
    solution. Other processes are significant such as
    geological sedimentation and limestone formation of
    carbon in the oceans, which removes carbon from
    solution and weathering and combustion of fossil fuels.

    Atmospheric carbon:
    The troposphere has 0.035 percent of carbon
    dioxide gas. Carbon dioxide is removed from the
    atmosphere via photosynthesis and is added when
    plants ,animals and microorganisms respire or when
    carbon containing materials such as coal or wood is
    burned.

    Organic compounds in plants:


    Organic substances such as carbohydrates, fats
    and proteins are produced when plants use the
    carbon in carbon dioxide .The pigment chlorophyll is
    also an organic substance and has the formula,
    C55H72N4 O5Mg ,showing 55 carbons in each
    molecule.

    Organic compounds in consumers


    Primary consumers obtain their organic compounds through
    eating plants .The energy released may be passed on through
    the trophic levels.

    Carbon in freshwater and marine


    ecosystems
    Gaseous carbon dioxide dissolves in water to form hydrogen
    carbonate ions (HCO3-).Large quantities of carbon are also
    trapped in the form of carbonates in sea bed sediments, which
    over millions of years will form sedimentary deposits .In some
    coastal waters in the tropics, coral reefs lock up carbon as
    calcium carbonate .Areas where carbon are locked up, for
    example in the oceans or in the stems of trees, are known as
    carbon sinks.

    All living organisms are connected via the carbon cycle.

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