Atmosphere 730 Global Gross
Product Play
Fossil Fuel
Combustion and
Industrial
6.3 Processes
Changing
Land Use
Ocean
38.000
Carbon Plus Indicated by Arrows Natural Pur Anthropogenic Plus
The oceans absorb carbon through three processes that draw atmospheric carbon dioxide into the oceans: the physical
carbon pump, the biological carbon pump and the carbonate pump. In which scenario would a carbon sink be the
result of the physical carbon pump mechanism?
A
me
The movement of CO2 into and out of the ocean is fairly equal.
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B)
More more CO2 is diffusing out to the atmosphere than is diffusing into sea
surface water
More CO2 is diffusing into sea surface water than is diffusing from sea
surface water out to the atmosphere
More CO2 diffuses and dissolves in colder sea surface water and less CO2
diffuses and dissolves in warmer water
D