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    Hamza Ismail - LAB CHEMISTRY CARBON BUDGET SUMMATIVE ACTIVITY 2021

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    This document provides information about modeling the global carbon cycle, including carbon reservoirs, fluxes between reservoirs, and human impacts. It includes tables of carbon reservoirs in Gigatons and carbon fluxes in Gigatons per year between reservoirs like the atmosphere, oceans, land, and lithosphere. The document directs the student to use this information to complete a diagram of the global carbon cycle and calculate the net fluxes of carbon into and out of the atmosphere, oceans, and land to determine if carbon is conserved.

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    This document provides information about modeling the global carbon cycle, including carbon reservoirs, fluxes between reservoirs, and human impacts. It includes tables of carbon reservoirs in Gigatons and carbon fluxes in Gigatons per year between reservoirs like the atmosphere, oceans, land, and lithosphere. The document directs the student to use this information to complete a diagram of the global carbon cycle and calculate the net fluxes of carbon into and out of the atmosphere, oceans, and land to determine if carbon is conserved.

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    This document provides information about modeling the global carbon cycle, including carbon reservoirs, fluxes between reservoirs, and human impacts. It includes tables of carbon reservoirs in Gigatons and carbon fluxes in Gigatons per year between reservoirs like the atmosphere, oceans, land, and lithosphere. The document directs the student to use this information to complete a diagram of the global carbon cycle and calculate the net fluxes of carbon into and out of the atmosphere, oceans, and land to determine if carbon is conserved.

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    Hamza Ismail - LAB CHEMISTRY CARBON BUDGET SUMMATIVE ACTIVITY 2021

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    Kelly Nolan
    This document provides information about modeling the global carbon cycle, including carbon reservoirs, fluxes between reservoirs, and human impacts. It includes tables of carbon reservoirs in Gigatons and carbon fluxes in Gigatons per year between reservoirs like the atmosphere, oceans, land, and lithosphere. The document directs the student to use this information to complete a diagram of the global carbon cycle and calculate the net fluxes of carbon into and out of the atmosphere, oceans, and land to determine if carbon is conserved.

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    NAME:

    PERIOD:

    STANDARDS :

    HS-ESS2-6 : Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere,
    geosphere, and biosphere.

    HS-LS2-5: Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon
    among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.

    HS-ESS3-5:Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast
    of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth systems.

    HS-ESS3-6 : Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those
    relationships are being modified due to human activity.

    THE GLOBAL CARBON BUDGET

    INTRODUCTION: Carbon occurs primarily as carbon dioxide (CO2) in air and water,
    organic carbon in living and dead organisms and carbonate ions (CO3-2) in water, rocks,
    shells and bones. To understand how these are connected in a cycle, it is useful to think
    of the terms sources, sinks and fluxes. Sources are carbon emitters, sinks are carbon
    absorbers, and fluxes are flows of carbon between sinks and sources. A source may also
    be a sink. For example, the atmosphere is a source of carbon dioxide for photosynthesis,
    but it is also a sink for carbon released during respiration, burning of fuels and decay of
    organisms.
    Because carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas, scientists are concerned that
    continued increases in atmospheric carbon may lead to global climate change.
    In this activity you will model the carbon reservoirs (sources) and fluxes and consider
    what might happen to increasing carbon dioxide produced by human activities.
    DIRECTIONS: Use the information in Tables 1 and 2 to complete the diagram of the
    Global Carbon Cycle.

    TABLE 1: CARBON RESERVOIRS

    RESERVOIR CARBON in Gt

    Ocean surface 1,000

    Ocean life 6

    Organic material in ocean 1,000

    Deep ocean water 38,000

    Ocean sediments 3,000

    Sedimentary rocks 100,000,000

    Soil 1,600

    Fossil fuels 4,000

    Living land organisms 600

    Atmosphere 750

    TABLE 2 : CARBON FLUXES

    DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT FLUX (Gt/yr)

    Ocean to atmosphere 102

    Atmosphere to ocean 105

    Ocean surface to deep waters 39

    Deep waters to ocean surface 37

    Ocean surface to ocean organisms 28

    Ocean organisms to ocean surface 29

    Soil to atmosphere 60

    Living organisms on land to soil 60

    Living organisms on land to 50


    atmosphere

    Atmosphere to living organisms on land 110

    Deforestation (Land) to atmosphere 1.6

    Fossil fuels combustion to atmosphere 5.4


    Global Carbon Cycle Diagram

    Atmosphere

    750 Gt

    Oceans Land

    Surface Organisms Organic Living Organisms Soil


    Waters material

    Deep Water
    Fossil Fuels

    Ocean Sediments

    Sedimentary Rock
    3. Calculate the net flux of the atmosphere, the land and the oceans in the chart
    below.
    ● Show all work, including units!!!
    ● If ‘entering’ that sink, number is +
    ● If ‘leaving’ that sink, number is -
    ● Remember the law of conservation of mass to check your answer.
    4. Complete the analysis questions at the end.

    CALCULATIONS OF THE NET FLUX FOR THE ATMOSPHERE, LAND AND OCEANS

    Directions: Show all work in each box below and be sure to include the unit!

    Atmosphere Land Ocean


    +102 Gt/yr
    -105 Gt/yr

    Net Flux Check


    Name: ________________________________

    ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
    1. What is the largest reservoir of carbon?

    2. What is the second largest reservoir of carbon?

    3. Which processes release carbon into the atmosphere?

    4. What human activities release carbon in the atmosphere?

    5. Which processes remove carbon from the atmosphere?

    6. Looking at your calculation of net flux, is carbon conserved within the Earth?

    7. Which region/sphere is gaining/accumulating carbon? Predict how this will affect


    the region/sphere in 10 yrs. Support your answer with data.

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