Photosynthetic Organisms Are Essential for Limiting the Damage Done by Global

question 37

Multiple Choice

Photosynthetic organisms are essential for limiting the damage done by global warming because they ____.

• A) move carbon from the atmosphere to living organisms
• B) move carbon from the soil to the atmosphere
• C) move carbon from the atmosphere to the soil
• D) produce oxygen
• E) sequester carbon in geologic sediments

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