the carbon cycle shows how carbon dioxide enters and leaves the atmosphere.it also shows how carbon and its compounds enter and leave the carbon stores.
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what does carbon store?
the atmosphere,oceans,containg dissolved carbon dioxide,sedimentary rocks, such as calcium carbonate,fossil fuels,such as coal,oil,and natural gas,plants and animals and soil.
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Fact
some of the oldest livivng carbon stores are a group of olive trees in Lebanon, called the sister. they are between 6000 and 8000 years old
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imagine you took 10 000 particles of air. How many of them would be carbon dioxide molecules?
fewer than in 10 000 particles of air are carbon dioxide molecules but carbon dioxide is vital. without it , plants cannot make their food without carbon dioxide,earth would be too cold for lifes as we know it.
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carbon dioxide
into and out of the atmosphere
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what does carbon store?
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the atmosphere,oceans,containg dissolved carbon dioxide,sedimentary rocks, such as calcium carbonate,fossil fuels,such as coal,oil,and natural gas,plants and animals and soil.
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imagine you took 10 000 particles of air. How many of them would be carbon dioxide molecules?
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