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Take a deep breath... What part of the carbon cycle are you contributing to?

Do You Remember Anything About The Carbon Cycle?

The rocks by a [HUGE](http://researchspace.csir.co.za/dspace/bitstream/10204/1199/1/Falkowski_2000.pdf) amount.

It's all about that carbon dioxide!

That's [why](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/CarbonCycle/carbon_cycle2001.pdf) we do it!

It takes a lot more [pressure](http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/earth-and-planetary-sciences-halls/morgan-memorial-hall-of-gems/hall-of-gems-promos/for-educators/where-do-diamonds-come-from) than the weight of the ocean to 

That's how carbon enters the biosphere from the atmosphere!

Their farts contain [hella carbon](http://epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/gases/ch4.html).

Solar radiation does not alter atmospheric carbon dioxide.

The amount of atmospheric CO2 totally [flucutate](http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/history_legacy/keeling_curve_lessons) because of plant growth and decay in the Northern Hemisphere.

Like the stagnant pile of carbon-based sludge at the bottom of the ocean, your knowledge of the carbon cycle has the potential to rise up and see the light of day, but it could take some time.

Your carbon cycle knowledge could use some work!

Your knowledge of the carbon cycle, like the methane expelled from a cow’s digestive tract, is notable but fleeting.

You know some things about the carbon cycle!

Much like the lithosphere that contains most of our world’s carbon, your knowledge of the carbon cycle is rock solid.

The carbon cycle is totally your jam!

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