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Carbon dioxide goes back to the atmosphere through respiration, the decomposition of plants and animals, and combustion.
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Where does the oxygen and carbon dioxide go after diffusion?
Oxygen (O2) goes to ur blood and carbon dioxide (CO2) goes back to the atmosphere.
If you burn plants where does the carbon primarily go to?
Into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
Where does the carbon in CO2 go Doesn't gravity and rain clean the CO2 from the atmosphere?
No. Carbon dioxide is thoroughly mixed into the atmosphere and cannot separate from the air simply though gravity. Some carbon dioxide does go into water to become locked away in carbonate minerals, but the primary way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is through photosynthesis, a process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen. Currently we are producing more carbon dioxide than the plants can absorb, resulting in an increase in the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
How does carbon dioxide go back in the atmosphere?
Cellular respiration by producers and consumers returns carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.-Cellular respiration-Volcanic eruptions-Human interference (burning of fossil fuels)
If the Earth's original atmosphere was mainly carbon dioxide where did it all go and how?
The carbon dioxide was dissolved into the water and then eventually formed solid carbon (harmless.)
Where does nitrogen fro the atmosphere go before it enters plant?
carbon dioxide
What would happen to the atmosphere's temperatures if there wasn't any carbon dioxide?
The atmosphere would be slightly cooler than it is now if there were no carbon dioxide in it. Carbon dioxide is just one of several so-called "greenhouse gasses". It is second in importance to water vapor, a very distant second. So, if all the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly disappeared, it would not affect temperatures very much. What you have to worry about is the effect on plant life. Plants cannot survive without carbon dioxide. No trees, no crops. Fortunately, it's just not possible to deplete all of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Even over the long term. There are plenty of sources for carbon dioxide, including the burning of fossil fuels and respiration of animal life. And if that all ran out, then you have about a hundred times as much CO2 stored in the oceans as there is in the atmosphere, and that would go back into the atmosphere rather quickly.
Where does the carbon dioxide go once your body gets rid of it?
Out of your body into the surrounding atmosphere.
What would happen to the atmosphere's temperatures if there wasn't any carbon?
The atmosphere would be slightly cooler than it is now if there were no carbon dioxide in it. Carbon dioxide is just one of several so-called "greenhouse gasses". It is second in importance to water vapor, a very distant second. So, if all the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly disappeared, it would not affect temperatures very much. What you have to worry about is the effect on plant life. Plants cannot survive without carbon dioxide. No trees, no crops. Fortunately, it's just not possible to deplete all of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Even over the long term. There are plenty of sources for carbon dioxide, including the burning of fossil fuels and respiration of animal life. And if that all ran out, then you have about a hundred times as much CO2 stored in the oceans as there is in the atmosphere, and that would go back into the atmosphere rather quickly.
Does plant breed out carbon dioxide?
If you mean 'breathe' out, then no. They take in carbon dioxide, and with the presence of water, go through photosynthesis and convert it into oxygen and carbohydrates, which they then release into the atmosphere.
Where does an animals or plant carbon go when it dies?
The carbon is released back into the carbon pool in the atmosphere
What are carbon emissions a part of?
Carbon dioxide and monoxide are byproducts of combustion. You also breathe out carbon dioxide. The gases go into the atmosphere and play a (only partially-understood) role in the earth's climate.
