Biological carbon 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyThe Carbon CycleA2/A-levelAQA Created by: teeseCreated on: 19-02-22 14:16 Plants are usually this in the food chain Primary producers 1 of 9 These organisms eat other organisms below them in the food chain Consumers 2 of 9 Consume dead organic matter Decomposers 3 of 9 The organism that takes CO2 out of the atmosphere Phytoplankton 4 of 9 The whole process of carbon moving around the ocean is know as the carbonate pump 5 of 9 Thermohaline Circulation The global movement of water 6 of 9 How is carbon in the soil returned to the atmosphere? When decomposers respire 7 of 9 Due to being submerged twice a day, Mangrove soils are anaerobic 8 of 9 Why are tundra soils a massive carbon store? Decomposition takes a long time because the long periods of cold delay the microbal action needed to return carbon to the atmosphere. 9 of 9
Comments
No comments have yet been made