(04.05 hc) analyze the given diagram of the carbon cycle below. part 1: which compound does c represent? part 2: name a process that could release this compound into the air. part 3: explain how the elements that form it are conserved during the carbon cycle. use complete sentences to explain your answer. justify how this compound was created from a recycling of carbon in the carbon cycle. use complete sentences to explain your answer.

Part 1;

The answer is; Carbon dioxide. Approximately 0.8% of the atmosphere is composed of carbon dioxide. It is in the gaseous phase.

Part 2;

The answer is; Combustion. Human activity of burning fossil fuels increases the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This has a secondary consequence of warming up the planet because carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.

Part 3:

Carbon is conserved in the cycles mostly in plants. Plants take up carbon dioxide in photosynthesis and make organic compounds (carbohydrates). Therefore first acts as carbon sinks. Even the fossils fuels that we burn come from plankton that is major carbon sinks too.

Part 4;

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is created by several processes including combustion and respiration. All living things respire out carbon dioxide. Plants take up this carbon dioxide and sequester it. When animals feed on plants they release part of this carbon back to the atmosphere through respiration

             There is more space between gas particles than the size of the particles.

Explanation:
                   This scenario can be understand by taking a very simple example. As we know that 1 mole of any gas at standard temperature and pressure occupy 22.4 liters of volume. Lets take Hydrogen gas and Oxygen gas, 1 mole of each gas will occupy same volume. Why it is so? Why same volume although Oxygen is 16 times more heavier? This is because the space between gas molecules is very large. Approximately the distance between gas molecules is 300 times greater than their own diameter from its neighbor molecules.