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1
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what is the slow cycle

A

carbon takes between 100-200 million years to move between rocks, soils, oceans and atmosphere

2
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what happens in the slow cycle in the atmosphere to lithosphere

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  • begins with rain
  • atmospheric carbon reacts with water to form acid, falling as rain
  • dissollves rocks
3
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what happens in slow cycle in the oceans

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  • calcium bicarbonate is made by shell building

- when organisms die, sink to the ocean floor and ovettime turn into rocks

4
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how does the slow cycle return carbon to the atmosphere

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through volcanoes

5
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what is the fast cycle

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  • more carbon moves through this

- during photosynthesis, plants absorb co2 and create fuel