Chapter 29, Problem 5MC

Summary Introduction

Introduction:

Carbon is an essential component which is required by the entire living organism in an ecosystem. Carbon circulates throughout the food chain with the help of biogeochemical cycle. The carbon cycle describes the pathway that carbon transforms from one form to another through various trophic levels in the ecosystem. Different forms of carbon are stored in different reservoirs in the environment from which carbon is circulated in the ecosystem. Fossil fuels are also the important reservoir of carbon and their burning produce harmful effects on the environment.