Question

check all true statements about the cycling of carbon on earth?
carbon dioxide
sun
forest fire
photosynthesis
burning of fossil fuels
soil respiration
water
animal and plant respiration (breathing)
carbon in tree litter fall and biomass
carbon cycle in olympics forests
carbon in water chemistry

• plants use co2 to make a stored form of energy in the form of carbohydrates.
• when plants are eaten, sugars are broken down, releasing carbon as waste through respiration.
• dead organisms decompose releasing carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere.
• underground, dead organisms are compressed with pressure and are converted to fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal.
• since the industrial revolution, large amounts of fossil fuels have been burned to produce energy, releasing carbon dioxide and adding stored carbon to the short term carbon cycle.
• deforestation increases storage of carbon and collection of co2
• atmospheric co2 combines with water and forms carbonic acid
• carbon in fossil fuels is destroyed when burned.

Explanation:

1. Plants use CO₂ in photosynthesis to make carbohydrates (stored energy).
2. When animals eat plants, they break down sugars via respiration, releasing CO₂.
3. Decomposers break down dead organisms, releasing CO₂ through respiration.
4. Over millions of years, buried dead organisms are compressed into fossil fuels.
5. Burning fossil fuels releases long-stored carbon as CO₂, adding it to the fast short-term cycle.
6. Atmospheric CO₂ reacts with water to form carbonic acid (H₂CO₃), part of aquatic carbon chemistry.
7. Deforestation reduces carbon storage/CO₂ uptake, so it is false.
8. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon (as CO₂), not destroys it, so it is false.

Answer:

☑️ Plants use CO2 to make a stored form of energy in the form of carbohydrates.
☑️ When plants are eaten, sugars are broken down, releasing carbon as waste through respiration.
☑️ Dead organisms decompose releasing carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere.
☑️ Underground, dead organisms are compressed with pressure and are converted to fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal.
☑️ Since the Industrial Revolution, large amounts of fossil fuels have been burned to produce energy, releasing carbon dioxide and adding stored carbon to the short term carbon cycle.
☑️ Atmospheric CO2 combines with water and forms carbonic acid