The Carbon Cycle - A Level Geography questions and answers

Carbon Cycle diagram - ANSWERGlobal carbon cycle - ANSWER-com comprising a series of stores and flows. The main pathways between stores followed by carbon in this cycle include photosynthesis, respiration, oxidation and weathering. Stores in the Carbon Cycle - ANSWER-- hydrosphere -bisophere - lithosphere - atmosphere - Hydrosphere - ANSWER-= oceans - CO2 is dissolved into the ocean - carbon locked up within organisms (fish and phytoplankton) - carbon is stored within the surface level, intermediate (deep water), living organic matter (fish/plankton) Lithosphere - ANSWER-= parts of the crust and the upper mantle - we find carbon in its inorganic form (fossil fuels and limestone) - organic form (lower quantities) - carbon is stored in fossil fuels, soil, peat and marine sediments (sedimentary rocks) Biosphere - ANSWER-= living (plants and animals) - plant litter - soil humus -peat -animals -living vegetation