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You are Carbon in the Atmosphere

High above the clouds, soaring with the greatest of easy your motions are determined on a whim of the wind.

Carbon makes up about 0.039% of the atmosphere, mostly in the form of carbon dioxide. Its primary action in the atmosphere is trapping of infrared radiation heat.

78% N2, 21% O2, 1% Ar, 0.04% CO2

78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% Argon, 0.04% Carbon Dioxide

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Choose PHOTOSYNTHESIS to become a part of a plant.

It sure is cold and lonely up here hanging out with all these molecules. Lets go make some new friends on the great greet planes across the globe below.

The process by which energy from the sun is converted into chemical bond energy in sugar.

6CO2 + 6H2O + photon = C6H12O6 + 6O2

Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light = Sugar + Oxygen

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Choose DIFFUSION to become a part of the ocean.

The blue mass below is surely to contain many interesting friends and adventures. Maybe even contain that burning airplane that whooshed past yesterday.

The process by which things move from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.

Rate of Change in Concentration = Difference in Concentration Between Two Regions