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Before we go to the carbon cycle diagram

discussion, let me first read the topic overview.


First, I will discuss what a carbon cycle is. Then, I
will also be defined what is carbon. And lastly, I will
discuss the main topic, the process of the carbon
cycle.

So, what is a carbon cycle?


The carbon cycle is one of the biogeochemical
cycles in which it describes the process of
continuous travel of carbon atoms from the
atmosphere to the Earth and then went back to the
atmosphere.
Since our planet and its atmosphere form a
closed environment, the amount of carbon in this
system does not change. Where the carbon is
located — in the atmosphere or on Earth — is
constantly in flux.
So, let us now defined what carbon is.
• Carbon is the foundation of all life on Earth that
is required to form complex molecules like
proteins and DNA.
• Carbon helps to regulate the Earth’s
temperature, makes all life possible, is a key
ingredient in the food that sustains us, and
provides a major source of energy to fuel our
global economy.
The shown picture on the screen is the carbon
cycle diagram. In which carbon atoms were
recycled that continually travel from the atmosphere
to the Earth and then back into the atmosphere.
What happens in the carbon cycle?
We all know that carbon atoms are the
foundation of all life on Earth. Mostly, carbon is
called the chemical building block of life since we
and other living creatures are made up of carbon.
In the carbon cycle, the carbon was recycled in a
different location. It includes ATMOSPHERE,
TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE or the land, the
EARTH’S INTERIOR, the OCEAN, and HUMAN.
The carbon cycle starts from the animal, human,
or in factories producing carbon dioxide that goes
to the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide that goes to
the atmosphere was then for photosynthesis by
plants and planktons. Through the process of
photosynthesis, the carbon dioxide released will
pull out from the atmosphere by plants as food for
plant growth.
Carbon also moves from plants to animals
through food chains, the carbon that is in plants
moves to the animals that eat them. Animals that
eat other animals get the carbon from their food
too. Carbons move from the earth’s interior when
the plants and animals die where the bodies
decomposed bringing the carbon through into the
ground.
Additionally, carbons move from living things to
the atmosphere. It happens when we exhale or
releasing carbon through farting in the form of
Carbon dioxide. Animals and plants need to get rid
of carbon dioxide gas through a process called
respiration.
Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the
atmosphere when fuels are burned. When humans
burn fossil fuels to power factories, power plants,
cars, and trucks, most of the carbon quickly enters
the atmosphere as carbon dioxide gas.
Carbon moves from the atmosphere to the
oceans and other bodies of water where it is
absorbed from the atmosphere that reacts with
water forming carbonic acid.

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