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How do humans cycle carbon from the biosphere to the atmosphere?(1 point)
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by eating plants
by eating plants
by respiration
by respiration
by planting vegetable crops
by planting vegetable crops
by driving cars that use gasoline for fuel
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by respiration
When humans metabolize (eat) organic matter they release carbon dioxide through cellular respiration, returning carbon from the biosphere to the atmosphere. (Burning gasoline releases carbon too, but that transfers fossil carbon from the geosphere.)
When humans metabolize (eat) organic matter they release carbon dioxide through cellular respiration, returning carbon from the biosphere to the atmosphere. (Burning gasoline releases carbon too, but that transfers fossil carbon from the geosphere.)
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