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Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles

Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles. Andrew Pulsipher Steven Lehmitz. Carbon Cycle. Wikipedia.org. Carbon Facts. Carbon is a basis for most living organisms. It can form nearly 10 million compounds, that we know of, with itself or other elements.

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Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles

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  1. Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles Andrew Pulsipher Steven Lehmitz

  2. Carbon Cycle Wikipedia.org

  3. Carbon Facts • Carbon is a basis for most living organisms. • It can form nearly 10 million compounds, that we know of, with itself or other elements. • It can form one of the hardest substances, diamond, and one of the softest substances, graphite. • Carbon, in its diamond form, has the highest melting point of all of the elements. (~3550⁰C) • It is one of the four most abundant elements in the Universe. Eofdreams.com

  4. We take in sugars through food which our body then processes. We release the carbon in the form of carbon dioxide when we breathe. Trees take in the carbon through photosynthesis changing it back into oxygen for us to breathe. Elmhurst.edu

  5. Nitrogen Cycle Wikipedia.org

  6. Nitrogen Facts • Nitrogen is the most abundant element in the air we breathe. (~78%) • It is odorless, tasteless, and colorless. • Nitrogen does not move unless acted upon by bacteria as it changes form. By itself, it is inert and is not useful unless it is fixed into a useable form. • Nitrogen is ~3% of your body weight. • It is responsible for the aurora.

  7. The Aurora Borealis is created with nitrogen and the help of oxygen. The colors are formed as the particles collide making them become excited. Depending on how excited (how large the wave length is) the particles are, they will release different colors. Epod.usra.edu Webexhibits.org

  8. How Does This Relate? Carbon and nitrogen are essential parts of the earth that help living things stay alive. The cycles go from us to plants or us to the atmosphere and back again to keep life existing. Without these elements or even an imbalance of these elements, it could cause environmental problems.

  9. Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_cycle • http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/306carbon.html • http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/aircomposition.htm • http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/carbonfacts.htm • http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/nitrogenfacts.htm • http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/4D.html • http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2011/10/red-aurora-over-southern-germany.html • http://eofdreams.com/diamond.html

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