Revision: 2.3 Biogeochemical cycles
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What is a biogeochemical cycle?
The movement and recycling of chemical elements between organisms and the non-living environment
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Name two carbon stores
Any two of living biomass, soil, oceans, the atmosphere, fossil fuels or carbonate rocks
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What is a carbon sink?
A system that takes in more carbon than it releases over a given period
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What is a carbon source?
A system or process that releases more carbon than it takes in over a given period
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Which process takes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into plant biomass?
Photosynthesis
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How does feeding move carbon through an ecosystem?
Carbon in the food is transferred from the organism eaten to the consumer
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How does burning fossil fuels affect atmospheric carbon dioxide?
It releases stored carbon as carbon dioxide, increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide
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What is the residence time of carbon in a store?
The average time a carbon atom remains in that store before leaving it
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