AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sedimentary rock and the ocean are major reservoirs of stored carbon. Carbon is also stored for varying lengths of time in the atmosphere, in living organisms, and as fossil fuel deposits. These are all parts of the carbon cycle as shown below.

Detailed explanation-2: -This includes soil, fossil fuel deposits, marine sediment, permafrost and carbonate minerals such as chalk and limestone. Carbon is also stored in living things such as plants and animals. The store most debated in the news is the atmospheric store, accountable for climate change.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the atmosphere, carbon is stored in the form of gases, such as carbon dioxide. It is also stored in oceans, captured by many types of marine organisms. Some organisms, such as clams or coral, use the carbon to form shells and skeletons.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of Earth’s carbon is stored in rocks and sediments. The rest is located in the ocean, atmosphere, and in living organisms. These are the reservoirs through which carbon cycles.

Detailed explanation-5: -The carbon cycle describes how carbon moves between the atmosphere, soils, living creatures, the ocean, and human sources. The carbon cycle is the process that moves carbon between plants, animals, and microbes; minerals in the earth; and the atmosphere. Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe.