Question

Francine is developing a model of the carbon cycle, which involves the movement of carbon among various Earth systems. She begins by drawing the diagram shown below. Her friend Byron evaluates the model, and suggests that she thicken the arrow leading from fossil fuels to the atmosphere. His reasoning is that fossil fuels are being burned at a much faster rate than natural processes are restoring them. If Francine adopts Byron’s suggestion, how could her model be used to explain a significant change to Earth's systems?

Answer 1

Answer:

After adopting the suggestions of Byron the new or revised model would show that using fossil fuels at a rapid rate would lead to higher inputs of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere which will not be removed by the natural process of removing the excess amount of the carbon dioxide by the process of the photosynthesis and other.

The carbon dioxide would increase due to this and cause trapping of the solar heat in the atmosphere which leads to the greenhouse effect to warm the earth. That ultimately changes the climate of the earth.