You are Carbon in Soil
I am as I was - but in smaller and smaller pieces. Bugs, birds, bees, badgers, even moutains—all turn eventually into soil. I pass the time being dirty ... and just loafing in the hot, hot sun.
Soil is the home for microorganisms,such as bacteria, fungi and other decomposers of organic matter, as well as for worms, ants and other insects. The minerals from weathered rock and the nitrogen pulled from the atmosphere by nitrogen-fixing organisms supply the nutrients to root systems of plants. The three types of soil are characterized as clay, silt and sand.
45% minerals, 25% water, 25% air, 5% organic matter
Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Soil
![[option 1] image for](res/sediment.svg)
Finish the trip—from dust to dust and soil to stone. Slosh toward the sea, then settle into SEDIMENT.
Go through the process of RUNOFF.
In periods of excessive rains or rapid snowmelt, soil floats off into streams and rivers that eventually feed into the oceans.
Q = (P-I)2/(P-I+S)
Runoff = (Rainfall - Water Stored)2/(Rainfall - Water Stored + Water Absorbed)
Water flows from higher elevations to the ocean in the process of runoff.
Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Surface_runoff
![[option 2] image for](res/atmosphere.svg)
That place stinks. Tired of getting stepped on? Why not ditch the low-life ground? Rise back up to the clean blue skies? Drift into the ATMOSPHERE!
Go through the process of RESPIRATION.
Microorganisms don't have lungs, but they still breathe. Soil holds lots of carbon in the form of organic matter left behind by dead plants and animals. This organic matter is eaten by bacteria, fungi, algae, worms, and other tiny creatures. The carbon returns to the atmosphere as these microorganisms use the stored energy to live and grow.
C6H12O6 = 2C2H5OH + 2C02
Sugar = Ethanol + Carbon Dioxide
Complex organic molecules are broken down to simpler forms in the process of respiration.
Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Cellular_respiration