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water and carbon cycle (What is the difference between the carbon cycle…
water and carbon cycle
water cycle
Water cycle: also called hydrologic cycle, cycle that involves the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-atmosphere system.
1- evaporation: water evaporates from earth surface or leaves of the plants as transpiration: and rises into the atmosphere as water vapor
2- consideration:when water vapor come contract with cooler air it forms clouds. perspiration: when clouds are heavy precipitation occurs.
3- run off: plants and other organisms absorb the water from the soil , animals consume water by drinking.
carbon cycle
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step by step
- Carbon enters the atmosphere as carbon dioxide from respiration and combustion.
- Carbon dioxide is absorbed by producers to make glucose in photosynthesis.
- Animals feed on the plant passing the carbon compounds along the food chain. Most of the carbon they consume is exhaled as carbon dioxide that was formed during aerobic respiration. The animals and plants eventually die.
- Decomposers break down the dead organisms and return the carbon in their bodies to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide by respiration. In some conditions, decomposition is blocked. The plant and animal material may then be available as fossil fuel in the future for combustion.
- volcanic irruption releases carbon dioxide
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What are the similarities between the carbon cycle and water cycle?
The water cycle uses plants for uptake of water and transpiration from the surface, so... Both the water cycle and carbon cycle are Biogeochemical cycles, that is, the material moves between the Biotic (living organisms) and Abiotic (the non living) compartments of the planet Earth.
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