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What is the direct source of carbon for the process of photosynthesis?

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Carbon stored in fossil fuels
Carbon stored in fossil fuels

Carbon chains of sugars
Carbon chains of sugars

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Plants fix atmospheric CO2 (or dissolved CO2/HCO3– in water) during the Calvin cycle to build the carbon skeletons of sugars.