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dexar [7]
3 years ago
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It has been estimated that 139.2x10^6 m^2 of rainforest is destroyed each day. assume that the initial area of tropical rainfore

st is 20x10^12 m^2.
a) What is the exponential rate of rainforest destruction in units of 1/days?

b) If there were 24.5x10^12 m^2 of tropical rainforest on Earth in 1975, how miuch tropical rainforect would be left on Earth in 2015 if the exponential rate of destruction determined in part (a) stayed constant over this time interval?

c) If tropical rainforests remove 0.83 kg (C)/m^2-year from the atmosphere, how much less carbon [kg(C)] would be removed in 2025 compared to removed in 1975?
Engineering
1 answer:
Dmitry [639]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

A. 6.96 x 10^-6 /day

B. 22.466 x 10^12 m^2

C. 9.1125 x 10^14 kg of CO2

Explanation:

A. Rate of rainforest destruction = 139.2 x 10^6 m^2/day

Initial area of the rainforest = 20 x 10^12 m^2

Therefore to calculate exponential rate in 1/day,

Rate of rainforest destruction/ initial area of rainforest

= 139.2 x 10^6/20 x 10^12

= 6.96 x 10^-6 /day

B. Rainforest left in 2015 using the rate in A.

2015 - 1975 = 40 years

(40 * 365 )days + 10 days (leap years)

= 14610 days

Area of rainforest in 1975 = 24.5 x 10^12m^2

Rate of rainforest destruction = 139.2 x 10^6 m^2/day

Area of rainforest in 2015 = 14610 * 139.2 x 10^6

= 2.034 x 10^12 m^2

Area left = area of rainforest in 1975 - area of rainforest destroyed in 40years

= 24.5 x 10^12 - 2.034 x 10^12

= 22.466 x 10^12 m^2

C. How much CO2 will be removed in 2025

Recall: Photosynthesis is the process of plants taking in CO2 and water to give glucose and O2.

So CO2 removed is the same as rainforest removed so we use the rate of rainforest removed in a day

Area of rainforest in 1975 = 24.5 x 10^12 m^2

Area of rainforest removed in 2025 = 18262 days * 139.2 x 10^6

= 2.54 x 10^12 m^2

Area of rainforest removed between 1975 - 2025 = 24.5 x 10^12 - 2.54 x 10^12

= 21.958 x 10^12 mC2 of rainforest removed

CO2 = 0.83kg/m^2.year

CO2 removed between 1975 - 2025 = 0.83 * 21.958 x 10^12 * 50 years

= 9.1125 x 10^14 kg of CO2 was removed between 1975 - 2025

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