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Carbon Cycle

Introduction

Have you ever wondered what you’re breathing in and out every day? Well, you breathe in Oxygen and then you release or breathe out Carbon Dioxide. This is a part of the Carbon Cycle. The Carbon Cycle is a natural cycle that never stops. The Carbon is a key element to all living things such as plants, humans and animals.

Decompose

When a living thing dies it breaks down into smaller matter, this is called decomposing. When a fish or plant dies it releases all the carbon it has stored into the atmosphere or the water where it is then dissolved.

Compaction 

Compaction is when something forms or compacts together etc. When plants and trees die they often go into the soil. After a very long time it will compact. (When dead plants don’t accumulate fast enough it compacts).

Photosynthesis

Plants take in Carbon Dioxide that humans and animals produce, then the sunlight helps the plant turn the Carbon into Oxygen after that the plant releases the Oxygen into the atmosphere this process is Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is making the air nice and clean for us.

Respiration

Respiration is the simple process of breathing. All living aspects breathe, in some sort of way for example we (humans and animals) breathe in oxygen and breathe out Carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Another example is ocean animals breathe out, the carbon dioxide they have just released will dissolve into the ocean.

Humans Impact.

Humans are destroying the Carbon Cycle by burnning fossil fuels, cutting down trees (deforestation), traffic etc. We are raising the possibility of global warming. It has to stop!

Conclusion

In conclusion the Carbon Cycle is a crucial part of our everyday lives but humans are ruining it, we are destroying our own planet. Do you see how bad its getting? Do you want to help? For a start you could car pool or even better catch the bus and tell everyone you Know to do the same. So theres not as much traffic and there are many more ways to help out, please give it a try!

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What is the Water Cycle?

Have you ever wondered about how the rain falls? Well if you have, heres everything you need to know about the water cycle. The water cycle goes round and round every day of your life, so it never stops. If we did not have the water cycle, we would not exist along with animals and insects. 

Firstly, the water from an ocean, lake, river or plant evaporates up into the air, which then the clouds are formed  this is called condensation. After that the rain is stored in the cloud, this is precipitation. When the cloud snows or rains on top of a mountain, the snow melts and becomes water and travels down the mountain through streams and flows into a lake, then the ground water seeps from under the ground and back into the sea. Then the process starts again.

Evaporation is an essential part of the water cycle. This is important because  this is the first part of the cycle and if we didn’t have it the water would never make it to the sky to form a cloud which means there would be no rain.The sun extracts water from oceans, lakes and moisture in the ground and evaporates into a cloud.

Condensation is the formation of liquid drops of water from water vapour. It is the process which creates clouds, and so is necessary for rain and snow formation as well.

 Precipitation  is very important because it plays a very big part in the water cycle, if we didn’t have it we would not have rain. Precipitation is when rain, snow, sleet (any form of water) falls from clouds in the sky. 

Collection is when the rain falls from the clouds and the mountain collects it into the streams and then the water flows down to the river or sea. 

To conclude, the water cycle is a non stop cycle  that is very important to us, animals, insects and the environment. If we didn’t have it we would not be able to survive.The main parts are Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection.

By Caela Davy & Monica Sullivan