Question

When humans dig-up fossil fuels and burn them to power the modern world, carbon flows between which two reservoirs of the carbon cycle? * A. Hydrosphere and biosphere B. Geosphere/lithosphere and atmosphere C. Atmosphere and biosphere D. Hydrosphere and geosphere/lithosphere

Answer 1

Answer:

B

Explanation:

When humans dig-up fossil fuels and burn them to power the modern world, carbon flows between the Geosphere/lithosphere and the atmosphere.

Both the geosphere and the atmosphere represent important reservoirs of carbon. The digging-up of fossil fuels, otherwise known as exploration, is carried out in the geosphere or the lithosphere part of the earth. For example, crude oil is obtained deep from the ground. When the fuels are burned, they release carbon in the form of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Hence, it can be concluded that carbon flows from the geosphere/lithosphere part of the earth to the atmospheric portion of the earth when fossil fuels are burned.

The correct option is B.