Carbon Cycle

• Carbon is the basic building block of life.
• Global gaseous cycle is based on CO2.
• Carbon dioxide is taken in by plants during respiration.
• CO2 is given off by organisms during respiration.
• CO2 is released by decomposition.
• Organic carbon is stored in living tissue and fossil fuels desposits.
• Photosynthesis brings carbon from the atmosphere into the terrestrial food web.
• Consumption allows for carbon compounds to move from the atmosphere into the terrestrial food web.
• Decomposition moves carbon from above-ground food webs to food webs still in the soil.
• Cellular Respiration releases carbon from food webs into the atmosphere in the form of CO2.
• Carbon sink: absorbs carbon.
• Carbon Source: releases carbon into the atmosphere.
• More CO2 in the ocean is bad because CO2 and water makes acid rain, which is harmful for marine life as it changes their pH and can harm the marine life.
• Adding carbon to the atmosphere can negatively affect the carbon cycle.
• Clearing trees and plants that absorb CO2 through photosynthesis can add carbon into the atmosphere.
• Burning fossil fuels and wood increases CO2 in the atmosphere.
• Enhancing the greenhouse effect can affect the carbon cycle.
• The greenhouse effect can raise sea levels, disrupt food production, and destroy habitats.