5.8: Carbon Cycle

Pool

• The reserve of an element either organic or inorganic (how much there is)

  • Like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the inorganic pool of carbon

  • Organic Pool: Consistent of the biomass of produces

Flux

 Transfer of an element from one pool to another

Types of Carbon Flux - Caused by living organisms

1. Feeding:

2. Photosynthesis:

3. Respiration:

Feeding

Eating an organism and gaining the carbon compounds from the organism

Photosynthesis

Process of actually absorbing the carbon dioxide from air/water sources and converting it into pure carbon that is used in compounds 

• Doesn’t have to first become pure carbon but its like it has process that dismantles the carbon dioxide and forms carbon compounds with it instead

Respiration

Releasing the carbon dioxide it produces from the cells into the atmosphereTextboxes for the different pools

Symbols in the Carbon Cycle DIagram

1. Textboxes for the different pools

2. Arrows for the fluxes