You are Carbon in an Aquatic Plant

We may be microscopically small, but we pack a powerful punch. Can you believe we account for half of the photosynthesis on earth and anchor the aquatic foodchain?

Too small to be seen by the naked human eye, phytoplankton–meaning, "wandering plants"–live on the surface of almost all bodies of water. Through photosynthesis, these primary producers are key starting points of the aquatic food chain, creating organic compounds from carbon dioxide dissolved into the ocean.

Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Phytoplankton

glucose, DNA, Amino Acid, ATP, a protein, an enzyme, RNA, a starch, carbonate

Curious about life in a more complex organism? Slide into this sub-aquatic food chain and see for yourself through the guts of a fish!

Enter the FOOD CHAIN.
Tiny "wandering animals"–zooplankton–eat phytoplankton and are in turn eaten by bigger animals, which are eaten by bigger fish, and so on. In this way, carbon travels up the food chain from plant matter into the tissues of fish.

Living organisms ingest other organisms as sources of energy in the food chain.

Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Eating wikipedia.org/Metabolism

There is no escape—if you’re in the ocean and have mass—you will sink to our level. Surrender yourself to SEDIMENT!

Go through the process of DECOMPOSITION.
Dead ocean plants are broken up and may settle to the ocean floor, if they aren't consumed by deep sea animals along the way. If these bits reach the bottom, immense pressures from the column of water above will crush them into sedimentary rock over long periods of time.

C₆H₁₂O₆ => 2C₂H₅OH + 2C0₂

Sugar => Ethanol + Carbon Dioxide

Complex organic molecules are broken down to simpler forms in the process of decomposition.

Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Decomposition wikipedia.org/Sedimentation