Question

How does the carbon stored in the bodies of living organisms move into rocks?(1 point)
Responses

Carbon dioxide released through respiration dissolves in certain rocks, like limestone.
Carbon dioxide released through respiration dissolves in certain rocks, like limestone.

Living organisms decay, releasing carbon into the soil, and soil is compacted into rocks.
Living organisms decay, releasing carbon into the soil, and soil is compacted into rocks.

Carbon dioxide dissolves in ocean water and is slowly absorbed by rocks in the ocean.
Carbon dioxide dissolves in ocean water and is slowly absorbed by rocks in the ocean.

Living organisms decay and become fossils fuels, which eventually become rocks.

Answer 1

Living organisms decay and become fossil fuels, which eventually become rocks.

When organisms die their remains can be buried and, over long time under heat and pressure, turn into coal, oil, or be locked in sedimentary rocks (e.g., calcium carbonate from shells forming limestone).