Carbon in Jurassic Park

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Carbon in Jurassic Park

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photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is when plants, algae, and bacteria convert light energy into chemical energy. It occurs mainly in the chloroplasts of plant cells, and during photosynthesis, the plants take carbon from the air, water, and the soil. Using the sunlight, they transform it into glucose, which is a sugar, and also oxygen.

respiration

• Respiration is the chemical process organisms use to release the energy from food, which typically involves the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon. Due to the fact that respiration releases energy, it is the chemical reverse of photosynthesis.

combustion

• Combustion is the human way of carbon recycling. Natural cycling involves photosynthesis and respiration, the human carbon cycling is combustion of fossil fuels. This is because burning fossil fuels combines the carbon from the fuel with oxygen in the air to release carbon dioxide and water vapour. For combustion to happen, fuel, heat and oxygen are all needed. If one of these things is removed, combustion will stop and the fire will go out. 

decomposition

• Decomposition is when bacteria and saprophytic fungi break down complex carbon compounds in dead organisms, faeces and urine into simpler carbon compounds, returning them to the atmosphere or soil.

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refrences

• https://www.monash.edu/student-academic-success/biology/photosynthesis/the-process-of-photosynthesis

• https://ugc.berkeley.edu/background-content/respiration/

• https://www.abpischools.org.uk/topics/human-activity/the-carbon-cycle-and-combustion/

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4jyjfr#z2737v4