THE CARBON CYCLE

BY: Andrés De La Puente España

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CARBON
CYCLE

• The carbon cycle is important in ecosystems because it

moves carbon
• a life-sustaining element, from the atmosphere and oceans into
organisms and back again to the atmosphere and oceans.
IMAGE OF THE CARBON CYCLE
•Processes in the carbon cycle

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.
Effects of the human activities on the
carbon cycle
• Burning fossil fuels
• changing land
• when oceans absorb too much CO2, they become acidic and
dangerous for organisms like corals, which may die out if their
bodies become oxidized by the CO2