1b. The carbon and water cycles are systems with inputs, outputs and stores

Question 1

What distribution of global water is stored in oceans?

Answer 1

97%
1,370,000 km^3 x 10^3

Question 2

What distribution of global water is stored in polar ice and glaciers (cryosphere)?

Answer 2

2%
29,000 km^3 x 10^3

Question 3

What distribution of global water is stored in groundwater?

Answer 3

0.7%
9,500 km^3 x 10^3

Question 4

What distribution of global water is stored in lakes?

Answer 4

0.01%
125 km^3 x 10^3

Question 5

What distribution of global water is stored in soils?

Answer 5

0.005%
65 km^3 x 10^3

Question 6

What distribution of global water is stored in the atmosphere?

Answer 6

0.001%
13 km^3 x 10^3

Question 7

What distribution of global water is stored in rivers?

Answer 7

0.0001%
1.7 km^3 x 10^3

Question 8

What distribution of global water is stored in the biosphere?

Answer 8

0.00004%
0.6 km^3 x 10

Question 9

How much carbon is stored in the atmosphere?

Answer 9

720 billion tonnes

Question 10

How much carbon is stored in oceans?

Answer 10

39,000 billion tonnes

Question 11

How much carbon is stored in sedimentary rocks?

Answer 11

100,000,000 billion tonnes

Question 12

How much carbon is stored in fossil fuels?

Answer 12

4000 billion tonnes

Question 13

How much carbon is stored in land plants?

Answer 13

560 billion tonnes

Question 14

How much carbon is stored in soils / peat?

Answer 14

1500 billion tonnes

Question 15

Inputs of the water cycle to the atmosphere

Answer 15

Evapotranspiration
Sublimation

Question 16

Outputs of the water cycle from the atmosphere

Answer 16

Precipitation
Condensation

Question 17

Inputs of the water cycle to oceans

Answer 17

Precipitation
Run-off
Ablation

Question 18

Outputs of the water cycle to oceans

Answer 18

Evaporation

Question 19

Inputs of the water cycle to the land

Answer 19

Precipitation

Question 20

Outputs of the water cycle to the land

Answer 20

Evapotranspiration

Question 21

Inputs of the carbon cycle to the atmosphere

Answer 21

Respiration
Decomposition
Combustion

Question 22

Outputs of the carbon cycle from the atmosphere

Answer 22

Precipitation
Photosynthesis
Sequestration
Weathering

Question 23

Inputs of the carbon cycle to oceans

Answer 23

Dissolving of carbonates
Sequestration

Question 24

Outputs of the carbon cycle from oceans

Answer 24

Compaction

Question 25

Inputs of the carbon cycle to land

Answer 25

Sequestration
Weathering

Question 26

Outputs of the carbon cycle from land

Answer 26

Volcanic eruption