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1.3.3 What are the characteristics of the main inputs and outputs of the…
1.3.3
What are the characteristics of the main inputs and outputs of the carbon cycle
Characteristics of the
SLOW
carbon cycle
Stores
Sediments
Inputs into Carbonate rocks
Sediement
Outputs from Carbonate Rocks
Weathering
Tectonics
Inputs into fossil fuels
Burial, compression... - dead organic material
Outputs from fossil fuels
Combustion
Characteristics of FAST carbon cycle
Carbon circulates most
rapidly
between the atmosphere, oceans, living organisms and soils.
These transfer between
10-1000 times faster
than those of the slow carbon cycle
Atmosphere
Inputs
respiration, combustion and decomposition
Outputs
Photosynthesis, dissolves - ocean
Biosphere
Inputs
Photosynthesis
Outputs
Decomposition and respiration
Ocean
Inputs
Weathering, precipitation and dissolved CO2
Outputs
Ventilation (diffusion)
Pedosphere
Inputs
Decomposition
Outputs
Respiration of bacterial and ventilation
Carbon Exchange and Carbon Sequestration
Carbon Exchange are the processes involved in
moving carbon around the cycle.
These changes are often called
fluxes
and include: photosynthesis, precipitation, weathering, respiration, decomposition and combustion
Carbon Sequestration is the general term used to refer to the t
ransfer of carbon from the atmosphere to long term storage
in: vegetation, soils, rocks/sediments or oceans.