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3.1.1.3 The carbon cycle
Changes in the carbon cycle over time human and natural
Human impacts to changes in the carbon cycle
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Extracting and burning of
fossil
fuels
releases
carbon dioxide
into the
atmosphere
What does the extracting and burning of fossil fuels release?
carbon dioxide
Deforestation reduces the size of
carbon store
What store does deforestation reduce?
carbon store
If the cleared forest is burned there is a rapid flow of
carbon
from the
biosphere
to the
atmosphere
When a cleared forest is burned what is there a rapid flow of?
carbon
When a cleared forest is burned what happens?
there is a
rapid flow
of
carbon
from the
biosphere
to the
atmosphere
Animals release
carbon dioxide
and
methane
when they
respire
and
digest
food
What do animals release when they respire and digest food?
carbon dioxide
and
methane
What do animals do that make them release carbon dioxide and methane?
respire
and
digest
food
Ploughing can release
carbon dioxide
stored in
soil
due to the
breaking
up of the
surface
What does ploughing release stored in the soil?
carbon dioxide
What causes carbon dioxide to be released from ploughing?
breaking up of the surface
As the world's population is rising so has
food
production. as a result
carbon
emissions from
farming
practices have
increased
Changes to the land use such urbanisation has
increased
the removal of
vegetation
reducing
carbon
storage in the
biosphere
What has urbanisation increased the removal of?
vegetation
What does removal of vegetation reduce in the carbon cycle?
carbon storage
Where is carbon storage reduced in?
the
biosphere