Carbon Cycle

Photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, diffusion

Weathering and Erosion, accumulation of carbon-rich plant and animal material in sediments, fossil fuel formation

From atmosphere to hydrosphere and reverse

Respiration from aquatic animals put carbon into the hydrosphere, cellualar respiration from plants put carbon into the atmosphere, respiration from animals put carbon into the atmosphere

Carbon from the atmosphere is used up by land plants for photosynthesis, aquatic plants use carbon from water

Volcanic eruptions spew carbon into the atmosphere

Dead animals and plants are buried in the ground to make fossil fuel

Sediments are being traveled from the lithosphere to the hydrosphere

Contributes to global warming and speeds up the carbon cycle

Trees are cut down and burned, releasing carbon dioxide, impacts temperature and stability of the soil

Affects carbon cycle because during the proccess, it burns up fossil fuel and uses electricity, used to produce lime and CO2 from calcium carbonate

Cattle burping and farting give respiration, releases methane gas and breathe out CO2

Flooding rice paddies cause underwater organic matter to decompose, methane is released into the atmosphere

Called carbon sequestration, capturing carbon from power plants and pump it underground, problem containing the carbon