Question

Use the information you learned about carbon-based molecules to explain a human's need to participate in the biogeochemical cycles.

Answer 1

Human releases carbon dioxide during respiration and also certain activities performed by him lead to generation of carbon which at some stage become the part of biogeochemical cycle.

Step-by-step explanation:

Carbon is an elementary part of all living beings and thus is found in almost all the living organism and human as an evolved species has the ability to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide.

This released carbon dioxide enters into the biogeochemical cycles (predominantly the carbon cycle) and get converted into useful form again after going through a cyclical process via various biotic and abiotic stages.

Also certain human activities like burning of fossil fuels, wood etc also releases carbon based product such as carbon di-oxide, carbon mono-oxide etc, . These products from unnatural process also become part of biogeochemical cycle.

Answer 2

Biogeochemicle cycles are the pathways by which a chemical substances (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus) moves through biotic (biosphere) and abiotic (lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere) compartments.

Organic carbon is found in all land-living organisms,, as well as soils in form of the calcium carbonate. Plants and animals(including humans) utilize carbon to produce carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, which are then be used to build their internal structures or to obtain energy. Carbon is released into the air through the processes of respiration in a form of CO2.

The negatively human impact on the carbon cycle is through direct emissions from burning fossil fuels (transfer of carbon from the geosphere into the atmosphere) or through the process of calcination of limestone for clinker production, which releases CO2.