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Over-logging of trees means that they can no longer remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This has actually happened and levels of carbon dioxide are building up in the atmosphere causing global warming.

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Does respiration decrease or increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Respiration (breathing) has no effect on the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Breathing is part of the carbon cycle. We take in carbon in our food and drink and we release it again when we breathe. If we eat too much, the extra carbon is stored in our bodies, making us fatter, in much the same way as a tree stores carbon in its wood as it grows.So breathing does not increase or decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.


Which processes in the carbon cycle decreases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Photosynthesis is the main process in the carbon cycle that decreases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. During photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into carbohydrates and oxygen. This helps to store carbon and reduce the overall concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.


How did the formation of coal decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the earths early atmosphere?

The formation of coal removed carbon dioxide from the Earth's early atmosphere through the process of photosynthesis. Plants absorbed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stored it in their tissues. When these plants died and were buried, the carbon they had absorbed remained trapped in the coal deposits, thus reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.


What increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon source?

Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) and deforestation increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Respiration and other aspects of the carbon cycle do not increase the amount as a similar volume is being removed at the same time.


Does clearing a forest increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Yes because trees and plants absorb carbon dioxide and store the carbon.

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Would a forest fire affect the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Forest fires increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere


Which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as carbon dioxide?

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Will the amount carbon dioxide the atmosphere soon be greater than the Amount of oxygen?

No, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere is much greater than the amount of carbon dioxide. The current levels of carbon dioxide are approximately 0.04% of the atmosphere, while oxygen levels are around 21%.


What atmosphere contains a large amount of carbon Dixie?

Assuming you mean "carbon dioxide", the atmosphere of Venus is made up mainly of carbon dioxide.


Does respiration decrease or increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Respiration (breathing) has no effect on the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Breathing is part of the carbon cycle. We take in carbon in our food and drink and we release it again when we breathe. If we eat too much, the extra carbon is stored in our bodies, making us fatter, in much the same way as a tree stores carbon in its wood as it grows.So breathing does not increase or decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.


Which increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon source?

Respiration :)


Which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as carbon source?

Respiration :)


Which increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon sources?

Respiration :)


Which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon course?

respiration


Which increases the amount carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon source?

Respiration :)


What planet with the greatest amount of carbon dioxide in its atmosphere?

earth


Which processes in the carbon cycle decreases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Photosynthesis is the main process in the carbon cycle that decreases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. During photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into carbohydrates and oxygen. This helps to store carbon and reduce the overall concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.