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Deforestation affects the carbon cycle, because forests (specifically, tall, dense forests such as rain forests and old growth forests) absorb the most carbon out of the atmosphere, per acre of area, through photosynthesis. Deforestation probably has as strong of an effect on the rising CO2 content of the atmosphere as anthropogenic (human-caused) CO2 emissions.
CO2 emissions, both natural and man-made, are another factor that significantly affects the carbon cycle. CO2 is emitted through the respiration of animals, decomposition of dead plants and animals, fossil fuel combustion in power plants and automobiles, and other anthropogenic and natural sources.
Climate also affects the carbon cycle. With global warming underway, climates are changing with the overall global temperature rising (though in some areas, the climate is becoming cooler). Temperature can have a variety of effects on the carbon cycle, causing mass die-offs which leads to the release of carbon dioxide, and killing plant life which further reduces the removal of carbon from the atmosphere. Temperature also affects ocean currents, and oceans are an important part of the carbon cycle.
Pollution can reduce the carbon carrying capacity of oceans and other carbon stores, leading them to not only lower overall carbon reduction from the atmosphere, but also possibly trigger emission of CO2 from these sources.
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What is the main product of the Krebs cycle?
Type your answer here... A four-carbon molecule
Why is the Calvin cycle called a cycle?
The Calvin cycle is called such because every process produces something that the next process needs, right back to the original step. Carbon fixation produces the molecules needed for reduction, which produces the molecules needed for the regeneration of ribulose, which produces what's needed for carbon fixation.
What are the four things that affect tides?
moon,weather,land,
What are the four most common things in your body?
Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen Carbon
What is the element that is most associated with living things and is found in all four macromolecule types?
I don't know what a macromolecule is, but carbon is most associated with living things. Eg "carbon-based life-form"
What are all four cycles in all biomes?
water cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle, and carbon cycle
In cellular respiration a two carbon molecule combines with a four carbon with four carbon molecules to form citric acid as part of?
Krebs Cycle
List four important biogeochemical processes that cycle nutrients?
The Water Cycle, The Carbon and Oxygen Cycle, The Nitrogen Cycle, and The Phosphorus Cycle.
When does the Kerbs cycle begin?
The citric acid cycle (Kerbs cycle) begins with the transfer of a two-carbon acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to the four-carbon acceptor compound (oxaloacetate) to form a six-carbon compound (citrate).
What are the steps in carbon cycle?
The four basic steps of the carbon cycle are the earth, the air, the oceans, and all the organisms that are living. Also called the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and the biosphere.
What four things affect a gas?
The four things that effect gas are:Amount of GasPressureTemperatureVolume.
What two molecules are lost in the Krebs cycle taking it from a six carbon compound to a five carbon compound to a four carbon compound?
Sodium and potasium
What for things affect the growth of crystals?
Four*
What are the four products that are released from the Krebs cycle?
After entrance of pyruvic acid into Kreb's cycle the four products are.. two molecules of ATP six molecules of NADH two molecules of FADH2 four carbon-dioxide
What is the main product of the Krebs cycle?
Type your answer here... A four-carbon molecule
Why is the Calvin cycle called a cycle?
The Calvin cycle is called such because every process produces something that the next process needs, right back to the original step. Carbon fixation produces the molecules needed for reduction, which produces the molecules needed for the regeneration of ribulose, which produces what's needed for carbon fixation.
What four things are recycled in the biosphere?
they are nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
