What is the carbon cyle?

Answer 1

Carbon is an atom that forms molecules with other atoms like hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen.

Carbon exists in the atmosphere in the molecule carbon dioxide.

It's also the most important building component in both the plants we eat and the animal lifeforms.

The plants use energy from sunlight to make carbon dioxide react with water and form the buildingblocks of plants, mainly sugar and derivates. This proces releases oxygen in the athmosphere.

We and the animals eat the plants. We make the sugars react with oxygen that we breath in, this releases energy for our muscles and nerves, and results in carbon dioxide that we exhale and water.

The very same carbon dioxide and water finds it's way back to the plants.

Digesting vegetables is like a controlled burning. The energy in stored in phosphor-based molecules that serve as a kind of batteries. ADP gets loaded to ATP, goes to the muscles and releases the energy and becomes ADP again.

Answer 2

The carbon cycle is the process through which carbon is exchanged between the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and living organisms. It involves processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and combustion which help regulate the amount of carbon in different reservoirs on Earth. This cycle is crucial for maintaining the balance of carbon in the environment and plays a significant role in regulating Earth's climate.