Final Assignment: Arrange It!
Carbon is central to our lives. It is found on land, in the atmosphere, and in the ocean. Approximately 93 percent of actively cycling carbon is found in our oceans. The solubility pump and the biological pump cycle carbon through the world’s oceans, with great impacts on CO2 in the atmosphere.
The ocean is the largest exchangeable reservoir of carbon on the planet. We need carbon for life on Earth. The solubility pump and the biological pump are the two ocean systems that cycle carbon around our planet. The ocean exchanges with the atmosphere, continually removing and replacing carbon.
Now use Arrange It to test your understanding of these vital oceanic processes. You can review the videos below before beginning the activity. After finishing Arrange It, complete the Final Assignment at the bottom of the page.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Pause/Play video playback |
| Enter | Pause/Play video playback |
| m | Mute/Unmute video volume |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase and decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
| 0-9 | Fast seek to x% of the video. |
| f | Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key. |
| c | Press c to toggle captions on or off |
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Pause/Play video playback |
| Enter | Pause/Play video playback |
| m | Mute/Unmute video volume |
| Up and Down arrows | Increase and decrease volume by 10% |
| Right and Left arrows | Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds |
| 0-9 | Fast seek to x% of the video. |
| f | Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key. |
| c | Press c to toggle captions on or off |
Final Assignment: Describe Your Pump
Choose one of the two pumps, either the solubility pump or the biological pump, and write a paragraph or two describing it using your Arrange It model as a guide.
