Carbon Cycle Project 2016
By Ethan Adams and Nikos Bolton
Introduction
The Purpose Of The Project
Atmosphere
Land Plants
How does the carbon get to the land plants? Well firstly the carbon gets to the land plants by the plant using the sun energy called photosynthesis. Now it is a major building block to the plant. Also it comes straight out of the atmosphere or it can take the long way by going through the surface ocean then the deep ocean back to the land plants and a lot of different ways it can come but you get the point.
Soil
Surface Ocean
How can the carbon travel to the surface ocean you say? There are multiple ways it can get there. One of the ways is by going straight from the atmosphere or by going from the atmosphere to the land plants the soil, back to the atmosphere then finally to the surface ocean this is one of the multiple ways you can get to the surface ocean. So there is a grand total of four ways to get there. Some important process you need to know. Diffusing from the atmosphere by the intermingling of substances by the natural movement of their particles. Also by decomposing from marine life which is the process where the carbon rottens up and decays. Finally by circulating water which means to be able to move freely. The surface ocean is the top of the ocean and to be able to enter the deep ocean you have to go through the surface ocean.
Deep Ocean
The carbon atom can get to the deep ocean only by going through the surface ocean there is no possible way it can get there any other way. Once it get to the deep ocean it stays in the deep ocean for hundreds of years before it moves the ocean holds 65% of the carbon. It gets to the ocean by the dead decay and marine life in the surface ocean.