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The difference between the short and long carbon cycle is that the short cycle emphasizes the interaction between the biosphere and atmosphere while the long cycle emphasizes the formation and destruction of fossil fuels.
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What is the difference between long term and short term phosphorus cycle?
Long term cycle: phosphorus is found in bedrock in the form of phosphate ions combined with a variety of elements. Phosphates are soluble in water and so can be dissolved out of rock. While dissolved, phosphates can be absorbed by photosynthetic organisms and passed into food chains. Short term cycle: wastes from living things are recycled by decomposers, which break down wastes and dead tissues and release the phosphates. This cycle is much more rapid.
How do energy and matter work in the carbon cycle?
One important carbon cycle occurs as carbon dioxide is captured by plants and, during photosynthesis, the Sun's energy is used to dissociate the carbon and oxygen from the CO2. The carbon is used by the plant to build tissues while the oxygen is emitted into the air. At a later time the plant is burned, maybe as fuel or in a forest fire. The burning press reunites the carbon and oxygen, producing carbon dioxide, and the original energy is released as heat. Some plant material may be left in the ground for millions of years until it becomes coal, oil or gas. In this case, digging it up and burning it produces new carbon dioxide that the short-term carbon cycles can not absorb. This causes a buildup of CO2 in the atmosphere.
What is the Short electron configuration for carbon?
[He] 2s2 2p2
What conclusions can be drawn about the existence of carbon-12 carbon-13 and carbon-14?
Carbon-12 and carbon-13 are stable. The fact that carbon-14 is unstable, with a relatively short half-life (very short compared to the age of the Solar System) means that it must needs have been produced more recently than the creation of the Solar System.
Why doesn't carbon exist as a single molecule?
Carbon exists both as atomic carbon (a single carbon atom) and as carbon molecules (Fullerenes) The atomic carbon is a very short lived species. The Fullerenes (like Buckey Balls) are very stable.
What is the carbon cycle?
The carbon cycle is a process by which carbon is cycled between the atmosphere, land, water and organisms. Carbon enters a short-term cycle in an ecosystem when producers, such as plants, convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis.The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth
Decaying plant add carbon to the soil?
Carbon Cycle-short and sweet :)
What happens to carbon in the short term carbon cycle?
In the short-term cycle, plants convert carbon dioxide into carbohydrates. Organisms eat the plants and obtain carbon, and then release it back into the air as carbon dioxide. Carbon is also released through wastes and decay of their remains.
What is the carbon sequenstriation?
well.......the carbon cylcle goes through two processes. one is i short term cycle. the other is a long term cycle
What is the difference between long-term and short-term investments?
From an accounting perspective, short-term investments have a life cycle of less than 12 months; long term investments have a life cycle of 12 months or longer.
What is difference between short and near jumps in Intel Microprocessors?
difference between short,near and far jump
What is the difference between a short- and long-term goal?
the long term is different between a short term because the short
What the difference between short sighted people and short sighted people?
nothing
What is the difference between a limo and a limousine?
There is no difference. Limo is just short for limousine.
In anaerobic respiration what steps produce carbon dioxide?
It's called the Krebs's cycle and it consists of the steps to convert a 2 carbon sugar into CO2 and H2O. (And you don't own the genetic code to do this ... only the mitochondria do.)
What is the difference between short net ton and a long gross ton?
well there is no difference
What is the water cycle in a short term?
the water vapor takes a short time
