What Is Combustion?
Addition of carbon
Combustion is the rapid burning of fossil fuels. Stored carbon in coal, oil and natural gas returns to the atmosphere when these fossil fuels are burnt and during natural combustion occurrences such as volcanic eruptions. Fossil Fuels such as coal are constructed when a living organism dies and decomposers, ie Fungi and microbes are unable to decompose it. After the organic material is untouched for millions of years, it eventually turns into fossil fuels. Petroleum, coal and natural gas Carbon is stored in fossil fuels until they are released from the ground and burnt. Fossil fuels are extracted from the ground via mining. The fossil fuels are later used in many ways to benefit humans. For example, they are used to power …show more content…
This process happens because plants and other living organisms need energy to grow and carry out other life functions. Respiration is the process in which carbohydrates are converted into energy. Cellular respiration releases the stored carbon, which was gained during photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the reverse process of respiration. Cellular respiration requires oxygen (which is the byproduct of photosynthesis) and it produces carbon dioxide, which is used in photosynthesis. In this way, photosynthesis and cellular respiration are linked in the carbon cycle. Respiration and photosynthesis are essentially the same process, just in reverse. Respiration adds CO2 and photosynthesis takes CO2 out of the atmosphere, they work in one continuous cycle together. Photosynthesis uses the carbon dioxide and water created by cellular respiration to create glucose and oxygen. Cellular respiration uses the glucose and oxygen from photosynthesis to form carbon dioxide and …show more content…
This is because CO₂ from the atmosphere is absorbed by plants during photosynthesis and stored as starch or cellulose in the plants walls. This CO₂ then remains in the plant until the plant dies or is eaten by an animal, after an animal eats the plant, the animal will respire, thus respiring stored carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. The amount of time carbon stays in the plant is dependent on what happens to the plant next. If the plant respires, most of the carbon dioxide is released fairly quickly, although some carbon stays in the plant till it dies and is decomposed. If the plant dies, the carbon can stay in the soil for millions of years; this is because the carbon is formed in very complicated chemical formulas that resist decomposition. If the plant, eg a tree, is made into a by-product such as paper, or a table,carbon will remain in the wood
Combustion is the rapid burning of fossil fuels. Stored carbon in coal, oil and natural gas returns to the atmosphere when these fossil fuels are burnt and during natural combustion occurrences such as volcanic eruptions. Fossil Fuels such as coal are constructed when a living organism dies and decomposers, ie Fungi and microbes are unable to decompose it. After the organic material is untouched for millions of years, it eventually turns into fossil fuels. Petroleum, coal and natural gas Carbon is stored in fossil fuels until they are released from the ground and burnt. Fossil fuels are extracted from the ground via mining. The fossil fuels are later used in many ways to benefit humans. For example, they are used to power …show more content…
This process happens because plants and other living organisms need energy to grow and carry out other life functions. Respiration is the process in which carbohydrates are converted into energy. Cellular respiration releases the stored carbon, which was gained during photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the reverse process of respiration. Cellular respiration requires oxygen (which is the byproduct of photosynthesis) and it produces carbon dioxide, which is used in photosynthesis. In this way, photosynthesis and cellular respiration are linked in the carbon cycle. Respiration and photosynthesis are essentially the same process, just in reverse. Respiration adds CO2 and photosynthesis takes CO2 out of the atmosphere, they work in one continuous cycle together. Photosynthesis uses the carbon dioxide and water created by cellular respiration to create glucose and oxygen. Cellular respiration uses the glucose and oxygen from photosynthesis to form carbon dioxide and …show more content…
This is because CO₂ from the atmosphere is absorbed by plants during photosynthesis and stored as starch or cellulose in the plants walls. This CO₂ then remains in the plant until the plant dies or is eaten by an animal, after an animal eats the plant, the animal will respire, thus respiring stored carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. The amount of time carbon stays in the plant is dependent on what happens to the plant next. If the plant respires, most of the carbon dioxide is released fairly quickly, although some carbon stays in the plant till it dies and is decomposed. If the plant dies, the carbon can stay in the soil for millions of years; this is because the carbon is formed in very complicated chemical formulas that resist decomposition. If the plant, eg a tree, is made into a by-product such as paper, or a table,carbon will remain in the wood