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    The carbon cycle describes the movement of carbon between the biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, soil, and Earth's interior. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, which falls to Earth's surface in rain and chemically weathers rocks, releasing ions. Life on Earth depends on carbon, as it readily forms bonds that give biomolecules like DNA and RNA their essential flexibility and function. Decomposition by bacteria and fungi in soil releases carbon back into the atmosphere.

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    The carbon cycle describes the movement of carbon between the biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, soil, and Earth's interior. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, which falls to Earth's surface in rain and chemically weathers rocks, releasing ions. Life on Earth depends on carbon, as it readily forms bonds that give biomolecules like DNA and RNA their essential flexibility and function. Decomposition by bacteria and fungi in soil releases carbon back into the atmosphere.

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    The carbon cycle describes the movement of carbon between the biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, soil, and Earth's interior. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, which falls to Earth's surface in rain and chemically weathers rocks, releasing ions. Life on Earth depends on carbon, as it readily forms bonds that give biomolecules like DNA and RNA their essential flexibility and function. Decomposition by bacteria and fungi in soil releases carbon back into the atmosphere.

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    The carbon cycle describes the movement of carbon between the biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, soil, and Earth's interior. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, which falls to Earth's surface in rain and chemically weathers rocks, releasing ions. Life on Earth depends on carbon, as it readily forms bonds that give biomolecules like DNA and RNA their essential flexibility and function. Decomposition by bacteria and fungi in soil releases carbon back into the atmosphere.

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    CARBON CYCLE

    SAINS PRENSENTATION
    GROUP MEMBERS : HARISH,
    MUSTAKIM AND FAHIM
    What is the carbon
    cycle ?
    The carbon cycle is that part of the biogeochemical cycle by
    which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere,
    geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of Earth. Other major
    biogeochemical cycles include the nitrogen cycle and the water
    cycle. Carbon is the main component of biological compounds
    as well as a major component of many minerals such as
    limestone. The carbon cycle comprises a sequence of events
    that are key to making Earth capable of sustaining life. It
    describes the movement of carbon as it is recycled and reused
    throughout the biosphere, as well as long-term processes of
    carbon sequestration (storage) to and release from carbon sinks.
    HOW DOES CARBON CYCLE BEGIN

    THE MOVEMENT OF CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE


    TO THE LITHOSPHERE (ROCKS) BEGINS WITH RAIN.
    ATMOSPHERIC CARBON COMBINES WITH WATER TO
    FORM A WEAK ACID—CARBONIC ACID—THAT FALLS TO
    THE SURFACE IN RAIN. THE ACID DISSOLVES ROCKS—A
    PROCESS CALLED CHEMICAL WEATHERING—AND
    RELEASES CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM, POTASSIUM, OR
    SODIUM IONS.
    WHY IS CARBON NECESSARY
    FOR DAILY LIFE ?

    LIFE ON EARTH WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE


    WITHOUT CARBON. THIS IS IN PART DUE TO
    CARBON'S ABILITY TO READILY FORM
    BONDS WITH OTHER ATOMS, GIVING
    FLEXIBILITY TO THE FORM AND FUNCTION
    THAT BIOMOLECULES CAN TAKE, SUCH AS
    DNA AND RNA, WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
    THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE:
    DECOMPOSITION CAUSED
    BY BACTIREA AND FUNGI
    IN THE SOILD RELEASES
    THANK
    YOU

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