Question

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

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

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.

Answer 1

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

Explanation: when organisms die their carbon is incorporated into sediments or soil; with burial, compaction and lithification that carbon becomes part of sedimentary rocks (e.g., coal, oil shale, carbonate rocks formed from shell material).