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Carbon is most commonly added to the atmosphere via the burning of fossil fuels and other carbonaceous compounds. The process of burning or combustion releases water vapor and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Common sources of carbon:
-Coal burning power plants
-Gasoline powered cars
-Forest fires and deforestation via burning
-Methane release from swamps
Also, the oceans actually act as a large carbon sink or reservoir and because of the nature of carbon dioxide, the warmer that water gets, the less carbon dioxide it can dissolve. As a result, as ocean temperatures increase, they actually lose the ability to store carbon dioxide and more is released into the atmosphere.
Photosynthesis actually acts to remove carbon from the atmosphere by fixing it into chemical energy in the form of sugars and releasing pure oxygen in the process.
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What does respiration remove from the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide is being released. As you breathe in you inhale fresh oxygen, but as you breathe out your body releases carbon dioxide.
Where does an animals or plant carbon go when it dies?
The carbon is released back into the carbon pool in the atmosphere
What fraction of the earths atmosphere is carbon mioxide?
Earth's atmosphere is about 0.035% CO2. Since the atmosphere is just a thin layer of gas surrounding the earth, CO2 is a much, much smaller fraction of the earth itself.
What process returns carbon to the atmosphere?
Several processes release carbon as gases (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane) into the atmosphere. Three important processes are fuel combustion, respiration, and methane release. -- Combustion of carbon-based fuels (wood, alcohol, biogas, or fossil fuels) remove oxygen and combine it to form carbon dioxide and other compounds. -- Plant and animal respiration release carbon dioxide. This is the reverse operation of photosynthesis. -- Methane is released from ruminant animals, from decomposition of organisms, and from ocean-bottom clathrate deposits.
Are fossil fuels carbon-based?
Burning fossil fuels releases carbon into the atmosphere in the form of CO2. Yes.
How man contribute to the formation of the atmosphere?
Well I know that the atmosphere has carbon dioxide in it, and when we breath out we release carbon dioxide that could be then added to the atmosphere.
What is added to the atmosphere during resiration?
Carbon dioxide
What happens to the pH of the ocean when carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere?
When carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, it gets absorbed by the ocean, causing the pH of the ocean to decrease, making it more acidic.
Name two ways in which carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere-?
Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, which releases carbon stored in these fuels. Additionally, deforestation and land-use changes can also contribute to an increase in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere as trees store carbon and their removal releases it.
Which greenhouse gases are added to the atmosphere when coal oil and natural gas are burned?
Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere;here when coal oil and natural gas are burned?
What happens to the atmosphere during cellular respiration?
oxygen is added to the atmosphere when plants take in carbon dioxide during cellular respiration
How does cellular respiration effect carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Cellular respiration releases carbon dioxide as a byproduct. This carbon dioxide is then released into the atmosphere. As more organisms undergo cellular respiration, more carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
Oneway carbon is added to the atmosphere?
Fire Also PollutionAlso respiration of oxygen breathing animals.
How have humans added excess amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere?
People added carbon dioxide to the Earth's atmosphere by polluting with fires, carbon dioxide from cars, smoke, and other things that pollute the Earth's atmosphere. Also, when we pollute the atmosphere gets thinner and more heat is coming in and the ice in the poles would melt and increase the water level in the ocean.
How is carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere?
By burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas.
What are the two ways in which carbon dioxide is added to the?
Respiration by animals is one of the ways through which carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere. The other way is through burning fuels that are carbon-based.
Does the greenhouse effect increase carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
No. The greenhouse effect keeps the earth warm. Extra carbon dioxide added to it is causing global warming.
