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When a plant respiration it behaves as a?
carbon source
Why could you say that plants are a sink for carbon?
Plants take in carbon from carbon dioxide in the air and convert it to carbohydrates and keep it with them.
When a plant uses energy to grow it behaves as a?
carbon sink
What removed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere acting as a carbon sink?
Other than photosynthesis, the formation of carbonates in the ocean traps carbon from the atmosphere.
Does deforestoration increase the greenhouse effect?
Yes, deforestation removes trees that act as a carbon sink, removing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This increases the greenhouse effect.
What is carbon sink?
Trees absorb carbon dioxide (when talking about a "carbon sink", it means the carbon as any form).
What process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere acting as a carbon sink?
Other than photosynthesis, the formation of carbonates in the ocean traps carbon from the atmosphere.
What process allows plant to act as a carbon sink?
Photosynthesis is the process by which chlorophyll dissociates water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen. The plant expels the oxygen as a waste gas, but the hydrogen is used to build complex biochemicals, such as plant tissue. The chemical energy from the photosynthesis is stored in sugars derived from carbon dioxide and water. Thus the plant absorbs CO2.
Is decaying vegetation a carbon sink?
Decaying vegetation is actually the opposite of a carbon sink. A carbon sink is something that takes carbon out its natural cycle and stores in for an extended period of time. Vegetation, particularly trees, absorb carbon, and thus they act as stores. However, decaying vegetation releases the carbon back into the air as it decays. Therefore, it is not a sink.
What has been called a carbon sink?
Trees absorb carbon dioxide (when talking about a "carbon sink", it means the carbon as any form).
What is the difference between carbon sinks and sequestration?
Carbon sequestration refers to the process of capture and long term storage of the atmospheric carbon dioxide. The carbon sink refers to the natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period.
When a plant respiration it behaves as a?
carbon source
How are heat sink and carbon sink related?
heat sink is when heat is absorbed into any type of environment, including the aquatic ecosystem; and carbon sink is when CO2 is absorbed into any type of environment including the terrestrial ecosystem.
Which item is a carbon sink and not part of the carbon cycle?
Carbon found within limestone rocks.
What is an examples of carbon sink?
The ocean. Limestone.
Soil humus is a natural sink of?
carbon
Is it true that At deep-ocean trenches conduction allows oceanic crust to sink back into the mantle?
No, subduction does.
