Atmospheric Carbon Serves as

question 19

Multiple Choice

Atmospheric carbon serves as

• A)an exchange pool for carbon that is available to plants for photosynthesis.
• B)a long-term storage reservoir that becomes available to plants through the action of bacteria.
• C)an exchange pool for carbon that is made available to plants through the action of bacteria.
• D)a reservoir of carbon that will eventually be released into the ecosystem through the process of weathering.
• E)a storage reservoir of carbon that is part of the sedimentary cycle of carbon.

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