Question

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Graph Analysis.
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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Well, organisms doing respiration take in oxygen and produce carbon dioxide, right? And organisms doing photosynthesis take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen?

Answer 3

Yes. Would you like me to explain my understanding of the Q, too?

Answer 4

what would the graph look like if the two were exactly in balance?

Answer 5

(and nothing else was changing the amount of carbon dioxide present)

Answer 6

A balance between oxygen/photosynthesis/respiration?

Answer 7

Wouldn't the graph just be a straight line?

Answer 8

we would have a horizontal line, right?

Answer 9

Yes :)

Answer 10

glad we are in agreement. But we don't have a horizontal line, we have something that is gradually increasing, and not as a straight line, either. What does that suggest to you?

Answer 11

It means that they are unbalanced, correct?

Answer 12

Or one is more than the other

Answer 13

yes. and is the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere increasing or decreasing?

Answer 14

Definitely Increasing

Answer 15

if we want to keep the carbon dioxide concentration about the same, do we need to plant more forests, or chop them down?

Answer 16

Plant more forests because they produce oxygen and take in CO2 via photosynthesis.

Answer 17

right. there are some who think we should repeatedly plant forests and chop them down, burying the results, but that seems a bit impractical to me!

Answer 18

I agree...

Answer 19

so, looking at the graph, which class of organism is expanding more rapidly?

Answer 20

relative to the other, I guess

Answer 21

It would be whatever organism that produces carbon dioxide. (What is their class called?)

Answer 22

Aren't there other factors such as pollution that contribute to the rapid increase of Co2 in the atmosphere though?

Answer 23

yes, but the problem asks for the relationship between the respiring and photosynthesizing organisms

Answer 24

Okay. Would you like me to share my notes with you on this lesson? You can use it as a reference to your answers?

Answer 25

so, it looks to me like the plants are not keeping up with the carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere.

sure, go ahead...

Answer 26

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Answer 27

http://prntscr.com/7dkuol It's a little long, but those are just the notes that are relative to answering the question(s).

Answer 28

…I have very limited time to complete this homework assignment and I'm not sure if you're reading the notes or multitasking @whpalmer4 :) I don't mean to have that come out as rude or disrespectful because everything you've told me so far has truly helped me understand the concept a little better.

Answer 29

well, a bit of both. I think the graph shows that the photoautotrophs are not keeping up with the amount of carbon dioxide being produced. I don't know what to conclude from the graph about the effects, other than something will change — perhaps the plant life is going to grow like crazy in the CO2 rich air, but it seems like that probably isn't it (it's not like they are stripping the atmosphere of all of its CO2 now, right?) And my understanding is cyanobacteria produce their energy by photosynthesis, so if their population goes up, the carbon dioxide concentration curve should stop increasing as rapidly as it is

That's about all I got for you...

Answer 30

Do you have anything to add to this?

Answer 31

Or do you agree/disagree? What are your thoughts? @whpalmer4

Answer 32

No, I don't, other than to caution that you might have to go pretty far to get to the point where either class had trouble breathing...

Answer 33

True, and it is around a specific area anyway. But I think they're asking worst-case scenarios? I'll be sure to mention that, too. Thank you so much for your help! :)

Answer 34

worth about as much as you paid for it, I fear :-)