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Carbon starts off in the atmosphere until plants take it in to mix with water. They do this to make sugar for energy. Animals and humans then eat the plants taking in the carbon that the plants originally took in from the atmosphere. This is how carbon is transferred throughout ecosystems.
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How carbon sequestration can be considered as an ecosystem service?
It offsets all the carbon we and other animals in the ecosystem exhale. Carbon from the emitted carbon dioxide is taken and used for energy (glucose) production in plants. These plants emit oxygen as waste which we inhale and use for metabolism. This is essentially the carbon and oxygen cycle in our ecosystem but there are other major players as well as other important cycles (like the water and nitrogen cycles) that are intertwined with carbon sequestration. Additionally, carbon sequestration is responsible for lowering atmospheric carbon monoxide levels as well as methane and carbon dioxide levels; two important greenhouse gases.
Describe why nitrogen must cycle through an ecosystem?
Nitrogen must be cycled through an ecosystem so that the nitrogen is available for organisms to make proteins.
How is heat transfered through radiation?
Heat is transferred by energy waves moving through space.
What are the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through the Earth's system?
convection (from the movement of fluids), conduction (through solids), and radiation (through air and space).
How do animals in water get carbon?
Plants contain carbon and they eat the plants
How is sunlight transferred in an ecosystem?
The plants capture the energy of sunlight through photosynthesis. They use the energy to fix carbon and to synthesize carbohydrates.
What is the biogeochemical cycle in which carbon cycle through earths ecosystem?
is the biogeochemical cycle in which carbon cycles through earth's ecosystems.
How is carbon from abiotic environments transferred to organisms?
Carbon gets transferred from living organisms to the atmosphere through respiration this is when plants and animals give off carbon dioxide this is part of the carbon cycle.Respiration risesAnimal
How does the carbon enter the biotic part of the ecosystem?
Carbon enters the biotic part of the ecosystem through the process of photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water react to produce glucose (C6H12O6) and oxygen.
When the energy flow through an ecosystem is measured at each trophic level what percent of the energy is not transferred?
90%
How carbon enter the biotic part of the ecosystem namely plants from the atmosphere?
Carbon enters the biotic part of the ecosystem through the process of photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water react to produce glucose (C6H12O6) and oxygen.
What are the three cycles that move through the ecosystem?
Oxygen, energy, and reproduction.
How does carbon dioxide get into the ecosystem?
Carbon dioxide is in the air we exhale. Cars and factories also release carbon dioxide which pollutes the air. It depends which ecosystem. It is primarily taken up by the ocean and terrestrial ecosystems. In the latter, this is primarily through photosynthesis.
Which cycle recycles matter through an ecosystem?
the water cycle, nitrogen cycle, and the carbon cycle.
Why is it important for carbon to be recycled in an ecosystem?
The carbon cycle is a closed system, and recycling carbon is the only way to replenish it for an ecosystem.
Why are fungi and worms important to the carbon cycle?
because through them nutrients in the ecosystem can be used again and again
When energy is transferred through an ecosystem some energy is lost to the environment when is given off as a byproduct of cellular respiration?
Yes that is true - what is your question.
