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movement of matter among reservoirs
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11th Grade
04/17/2011

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what's the movement of matter among reservoirs ?
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- is driven by Earth’s internal and external sources of energy.
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energy

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-is a quantity that is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems.
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how is the The energy to move carbon ?
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-The energy to move carbo from one reservoir to another originates either from solar energy or as heat from Earth’s interior.
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what 's the example of the energy move carbon?
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-the energy that plants use for photosynthesis comes directly from the Sun, and the heat that drives subduction comes from the solid earth.
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Photosynthesis

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-is a process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight.
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