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The Carbon Cycle is an example of how materials move through the spheres. The diagram below shows how carbon (in the form of CO2, a gas) moves from the atmosphere, to the biosphere/lithosphere/hydrosphere, and back into the atmosphere. Use the answer choices below to fill in the table to show how a process moves carbon from one sphere to another. Some answer choices may be used more than once, only once, or not at all. (4 points) Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a response, navigate to the desired input and insert the response. Responses can be selected and inserted using the space bar, enter key, left mouse button or touchpad. Responses can also be moved by dragging with a mouse. Process Moving carbon from the... to the... Example: Ocean Uptake Atmosphere Hydrosphere Decaying of animals and plants Response area Response area Factory and Vehicle Emissions (burning of fossil fuels) Response area Response area Photosynthesis Response area Response area Plant & Animal Respiration Response area Response area (biosphere) (hydrosphere) (atmosphere) (lithosphere)

Answer 1

Here's how to fill in the table with the appropriate processes that move carbon between the different spheres:

1. Decaying of animals and plants

   • Process: From Biosphere to Lithosphere (this is because decaying organisms return carbon to the soil).

2. Factory and Vehicle Emissions (burning of fossil fuels)

   • Process: From Lithosphere to Atmosphere (burning fossil fuels releases CO2 into the atmosphere).

3. Photosynthesis

   • Process: From Atmosphere to Biosphere (plants absorb CO2 during photosynthesis).

4. Plant & Animal Respiration

   • Process: From Biosphere to Atmosphere (both plants and animals release CO2 back into the atmosphere during respiration).

So, the completed table would look like this:

| Process | Moving carbon from the... | to the... | |----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------| | Decaying of animals and plants | Biosphere | Lithosphere | | Factory and Vehicle Emissions (burning of fossil fuels) | Lithosphere | Atmosphere | | Photosynthesis | Atmosphere | Biosphere | | Plant & Animal Respiration | Biosphere | Atmosphere |