Slow and fast carbon cycle

Question 1

What is the slow carbon cycle?

Answer 1

-CO2 diffuses from atmosphere into oceans
-marine life such as clams use it to make their shells
-they die and sink to bottoms
-they accumulate and over millions of years heat and pressure coverts them to carbon rich sedimentary rocks then vented to atmosphere via volcanic eruption

Question 2

What is the fast carbon cycle?

Answer 2

carbon circulates rapidly between the atmosphere, oceans and living organisms through photosynthesis and phytoplanton absorbs CO2 from atmosphere

Question 3

What is carbon sequestration?

Answer 3

Taking in and storing of carbon