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What process is causing the carbon cycle to get out of balance?
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∙ 12y ago
Mainly by: Our unbridled use of fossil fuels - coal, oil and natural gas - the use of which shows no sign of diminishing.
Rhett Strosin
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∙ 11y agoA balanced carbon cycle would be a situation in which the amount of carbon or carbon containing compounds that is consumed, is equal to the amount produced, so there is no change in the level of carbon available. An example would be an ecology in which the amount of carbon dioxide consumed by photosynthesis is equal to the amount of carbon dioxide released by animal metabolism and breathed out into the atmosphere - as long as those were the only influences on carbon dioxide levels. The real world is, of course, much more complicated, and the carbon cycle is far from balanced.
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∙ 16y agoimbalances in carbon cycle is due to burning of forests and fossil fuels due to carbon dioxide rises in atmosphere & causes global warming
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∙ 13y agoThere have become more animals and less plants, so the amount of carbon taken in is not nearly as large as the amount of carbon given out.
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∙ 12y agoThe human consumption of fossil fuel liberates far more carbon dioxide than our biosphere can sequester.
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What process in an organism is linked to the carbon cycle but not the nitrogen cycle?
Respiration in an organism is linked to the carbon cycle but not the nitrogen cycle.
What is the process carried out by diatoms in the carbon cycle?
They fix carbon into organic matter.
The process by which carbon moves from inorganic to organic compounds and back is called?
This process is called photosynthesis.
Carbon is used to make sugars in which step of the carbon cycle?
photosynthesis(:
What would happen if all the decompose-rs are removed the carbon cycle?
In the absence of decomposers from carbon cycle heaps of organic matter will accumulate. This will ultimately disturb the natural balance.
What is the process that is the basis of the carbon cycle?
process that is the basis of the carbon cycle
Can you do anything to help balance the Carbon Cycle?
Promoting a shift from the use of fossil fuels to sustainable energies can help to balance the carbon cycle.
What process in an organism is linked to the carbon cycle but not the nitrogen cycle?
Respiration in an organism is linked to the carbon cycle but not the nitrogen cycle.
What is the process of carbon cycle?
precipitation
What process uses fossil fuels and is upsetting the balance of CO2 in the atmosphere?
The burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) by humankind is releasing extra carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. This is upsetting the natural balance of carbon cycle.
What are the causes of carbon cycle?
The non-examples of the carbon cycle are animals and energy.
What process is the basis of the carbon cycle?
precipitation
How does the burning of fossil fuels by humans affect the carbon cycle?
The carbon cycle moves carbon in and out of the atmosphere and has kept a balance there for millions of years. The carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have kept the earth warm. Burning fossil fuel releases CO2 that has been held underground for millennia, so this carbon is an extra burdenon the carbon cycle, and it is not able to remove all the extra CO2.This is how the carbon cycle is being disturbed. This is what is causing global warming and hence climate change.
What event led to a major in balance in the carbon cycle?
The industrial revolution
What is carbon and oxygen cycle?
It is the process which the carbon is absorbed by plants and converted it to oxygen
What is the process carried out by diatoms in the carbon cycle?
They fix carbon into organic matter.
Is the carbon cycle the process which carbon moves from inorganic to organic compounds?
YES!! :)
