Carbon

• Carbon is the 4th most abundant chemical in the universe

• Every living thing is made of some amount of carbon

• Many non living things are also made of carbon like diamond, graphite, and even space ships

States of Matter for Carbon

Solid

Liquid

Gas

Carbon in the Earth/ Lithosphere

• Fossils

• Coal

• Peat

• Fuel

Carbon in Living Things/ Biosphere

• Photosynthesis

• Food Chain

• Waste

• Death

Carbon in the Atmosphere

• Respiration

• Combustion

• Factories

• Death

Carbon Sink

• Places where Carbon is Trapped for long periods of time

• These sinks are created in places where it is hard to move carbon through that portion of the cycle

• Examples of these sinks; Coal, Peat, and Fossils/Sediment