1. based on the trend depicted in the graph, explain what you think the relationship might be between organisms performing respiration and the organisms performing photosynthesis in this area of the world. 2. what effects might this steady increase of carbon dioxide have on the organisms living in this area? 3. describe the changes you would expect to see to this graph if the population of cyanobacteria increased dramatically in the ocean water surrounding hawaii in 2003. explain your predictions.

1. The process of photosynthesis and respiration are often found in the same organisms, so they are directly connected. In this case, we have significant increase in the levels of carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide is a crucial element in the process of photosynthesis. The more carbon dioxide there is, the more organisms can perform photosynthesis. Once the organisms are able to perform photosynthesis, the next step is that they need to use the created sugars from it to convert them into energy. The sugars combined with oxygen produce the energy for growth, thus we can say in this case that the increase of carbon dioxide has increased the amount of photosynthesis, which increased the amount of respiration.

2. The steady increase of the carbon dioxide will result in higher temperatures because it is a greenhouse gas that has the ability to trap the heat. This means that organisms that are better suited for warmer climates will thrive, while the others will either have to adapt, or go extinct. Also, the higher amount of carbon dioxide and warmer weather conditions will result in longer growing season, thus more producers will be able to thrive as the carbon dioxide is crucial for them to perform photosynthesis.

3. If the population of cyanobacteria starts to increase dramatically, then the area will experience multiple changes. The cyanobacteria will extract large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, thus lowering its levels, while in the same time releasing large amounts of oxygen in the atmosphere. The graph will start to look much different as the carbon dioxide curve will be heading downward, and if the trend continues it will go even lower than its starting point of measurement in 1958, resulting in colder weather conditions and changes in the environment.

The relationship is inverse due to increasing the level of carbondioxide in the atmosphere.

There is a inverse relationship in the graph between organisms  performing respiration and the organisms performing  photosynthesis in this area of the world because the concentration of carbondioxide gas increases which shows us the increase of respiration rate as compared to the rate of photosynthesis.

The organisms present in this area experiences change in the climate which lowers their chance of survival. If the population of cyanobacteria increased dramatically in  the ocean water then the concentration of carbondioxide gas in the atmosphere begins to decreases due to fixation of cyanobacteria so we can conclude that the concentration of carbondioxide gas decreases in the atmosphere.

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