EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -How is the carbon cycle similar to the water cycle? Both involve liquid substances falling to Earth from the atmosphere. Neither process works at low temperatures. Both involve the transfer of substances between animals, plants, and the Earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Both the water cycle and carbon cycle are Biogeochemical cycles, that is, the material moves between the Biotic (living organisms) and Abiotic (the non living) compartments of the planet Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, in the food chain, plants move carbon from the atmosphere into the biosphere through photosynthesis. They use energy from the sun to chemically combine carbon dioxide with hydrogen and oxygen from water to create sugar molecules.

Detailed explanation-4: -Through the process of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is pulled from the air to produce food made from carbon for plant growth. Carbon moves from plants to animals. Through food chains, the carbon that is in plants moves to the animals that eat them. Animals that eat other animals get the carbon from their food too.

Detailed explanation-5: -The functioning of the water cycle involves a change in energy which leads to a difference in temperature. The carbon cycle is a biogeochemical cycle that facilitates the exchange of carbon through the different compartments of earth. Carbon is the backbone of all biological compounds and many minerals like limestone.