Question
What are three ways carbon dioxide can be taken out of the environment? Choose the three correct answers.
Combustion.
Reacting and joining with rocks.
It dissolves into oceans.
Cellular respiration in animals and plants.
Photosynthesis in plants.
Combustion.
Reacting and joining with rocks.
It dissolves into oceans.
Cellular respiration in animals and plants.
Photosynthesis in plants.
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The three correct ways carbon dioxide can be taken out of the environment are:
1. **Reacting and joining with rocks.** (This process is known as mineral carbonation, where CO2 reacts with certain minerals to form stable carbonates.)
2. **It dissolves into oceans.** (Carbon dioxide can dissolve in ocean water, where it may be used by marine organisms or converted into bicarbonate.)
3. **Photosynthesis in plants.** (Plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it into glucose and oxygen during photosynthesis.)
The other options, combustion and cellular respiration, actually release carbon dioxide into the environment rather than remove it.
1. **Reacting and joining with rocks.** (This process is known as mineral carbonation, where CO2 reacts with certain minerals to form stable carbonates.)
2. **It dissolves into oceans.** (Carbon dioxide can dissolve in ocean water, where it may be used by marine organisms or converted into bicarbonate.)
3. **Photosynthesis in plants.** (Plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it into glucose and oxygen during photosynthesis.)
The other options, combustion and cellular respiration, actually release carbon dioxide into the environment rather than remove it.