Question

planning after lesson 3
in preparation for your report, construct an explanation for how cycles
of matter will also be affected by the volcanic eruption. use the carbon
cycle as your example. underline the portions of your explanation that
you feel will be most helpful to include in your news report.

make a diagram, or model, that shows the information you provided in
your explanation above. be sure your model can be used to explain to
a television audience that matter is conserved as it transfers between
the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. make notes in your
science notebook detailing how you will explain this concept to an
audience that does not have a background in science.

Explanation:

Answer:

A volcanic eruption releases large amounts of carbon dioxide (\(CO_2\)) into the atmosphere. This increases the amount of \(CO_2\) available for plants to take in during photosynthesis. \(\underline{\text{Plants use }CO_2\text{ to make glucose, which is then passed on to consumers when they eat the plants.}}\) When organisms respire, they release \(CO_2\) back into the atmosphere. \(\underline{\text{Over time, some carbon can be stored in the Earth as fossil fuels.}}\) Volcanic activity can also release carbon that was previously stored in the Earth's crust. \(\underline{\text{This shows that carbon is constantly cycling between the atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere, and matter is conserved as it moves through these different parts of the ecosystem.}}\)