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How would the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere change if their is no plants?
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∙ 7y ago
There would be significantly more CO2 in the atmosphere because plants take in CO2 during photosynthesis and fix the carbon into glucose.
Pearline Blick
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∙ 12y agoWiki User
∙ 9y agoIf there were no plants, there would be no oxygen in the atmosphere and carbon dioxide would probably be the primary gas in the atmosphere.
Plants absorb carbon dioxide and store it and release oxygen. About half the weight of a tree is carbon. Trees can store carbon for hundreds of years. This is all part of the natural carbon cycle.
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∙ 12y agoPlants and trees absorb and store carbon out of the atmosphere, so if there were no plants on earth the levels of carbon dioxide would rise.
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∙ 11y agoYes. Plants absorb carbon dioxide.
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Why should the amount of carbon in the atmosphere today be reduced?
The present levels of carbon dioxide dioxide in the atmosphere are causing global warming and climate change.
How did the formation of seas and oceans change the amount of carbon dioxide?
The Earth's oceans contain a huge amount of carbon dioxide in the form of bicarbonate and carbonate ions - much more than the amount in the atmosphere.
What was one way that early microbes did not change Earth?
They added carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
What is the result of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring greenhouse gas. At present concentrations, it helps maintain global temperatures at a level that is comfortable for humans and other animals that have adapted to the present climate. Increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can result in global warming, by trapping more heat. This occurs when humans burn fossil fuels, manufacture cement of destroy forests.
What is the increase of co2 causing?
The increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is causing global warming and climate change.
Why should the amount of carbon in the atmosphere today be reduced?
The present levels of carbon dioxide dioxide in the atmosphere are causing global warming and climate change.
How did the formation of seas and oceans change the amount of carbon dioxide?
The Earth's oceans contain a huge amount of carbon dioxide in the form of bicarbonate and carbonate ions - much more than the amount in the atmosphere.
How would the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere change of theres no plants?
There would be significantly more CO2 in the atmosphere because plants take in CO2 during photosynthesis and fix the carbon into glucose.
What is an increase in CO2?
This means an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is a normal balance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Trees and green plants soak it up, and then when the trees rot or are burnt the carbon dioxide goes back into the atmosphere. However, more than 200 years ago we began seriously burning coal and oil. This released carbon dioxide that had been trapped millions of years ago. So over the years the amount of this gas in the atmosphere has been increasing. Most climate scientists agree that this increase in carbon dioxide is contributing to climate change and global warming.
Did cyanobacteria change the young Earth's atmosphere by producing carbon dioxide?
False. Cyanobacteria changed earth's atmosphere by removing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen.
How would the amount of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere change if there were no plants and animal?
If there were no plants it is unlikely that there would be any atmosphere at all. Plants remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and are a vital part of the carbon cycle. No plants would mean huge increases of greenhouse gases in the air and a runaway greenhouse effect. Animals on the other hand would make little or no difference to the levels of carbon in the atmosphere.
How would the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmospheric change if there were no plants?
There would be significantly more CO2 in the atmosphere because plants take in CO2 during photosynthesis and fix the carbon into glucose.
What does the Fourth Report of the IPCC say about levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
The Fourth Report of the IPCC (The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), Climate Change 2007, said:The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 2005 (379 ppm) exceeds by far the natural range of the last 650,000 years (180 to 300 ppm).
What was one way that early microbes did not change Earth?
They added carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
What could cause climate change?
It is generally accepted that the increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere is the cause of climate change. Many different factors affect the carbon dioxide level, but the burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, natural gas) seems to be the most important factor.
How is climate change a problem for the carbon cycle?
Global warming means there is extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This is putting an extra strain on the carbon cycle, which is unable to remove all the extra carbon dioxide.
What is the result of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring greenhouse gas. At present concentrations, it helps maintain global temperatures at a level that is comfortable for humans and other animals that have adapted to the present climate. Increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can result in global warming, by trapping more heat. This occurs when humans burn fossil fuels, manufacture cement of destroy forests.
