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The Carbon Cycle. Prepared by Brad Hartwell, The Pennsylvania State University, 2009. Select Your Own Journey!. Start!. You are a molecule of CO 2 in the Earth’s atmosphere. You can either be:. absorbed by a palm tree absorbed by the Pacific Ocean.
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The Carbon Cycle Prepared by Brad Hartwell, The Pennsylvania State University, 2009 Select Your Own Journey! Start!
You are a molecule of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere. You can either be: • absorbed by a palm tree • absorbed by the Pacific Ocean
Photosynthesis has transformed you into a much larger carbon compound that is now in a palm tree’s coconut. The coconut has fallen from the tree and you can either: • go unnoticed by local monkeys • be eaten by a local monkey
You are at the surface of the Pacific Ocean floating around and relaxing. You can either be: • absorbed by algae • taken up by the atmosphere again apexlyo.com
The biological matter you make up has been broken down through decomposition and you are now either: • returned to the atmosphere as CO2 • buried in the soil
The monkey has digested you and now you are located in it’s leg. You can either: • be passed through the monkey’s body and exhaled as CO2 • stay there until the monkey dies, and become a part of the soil.
Photosynthesis has transformed you into a much larger carbon compound that makes up algae. You can either: • be eaten by marine animals, and ultimately fall to the bottom of the ocean floor at the end of the animals life • fall to the bottom of the ocean floor at the end of the algae’s life www.mindfully.org buy.tickets.streamintech.com
After being buried by sediment and being formed into rock, you can either: • become melted magma and explode out of a volcano as CO2 after a billion years of being recycled within the Earth • be exposed to wind or moving water and erode as sediment into the ocean www.earthmountainview.com
