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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 released through respiration dissolves in certain rocks, like limestone.
Carbon dioxide released through respiration dissolves in certain rocks, like limestone.
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.
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The correct response is:
Living organisms decay and become fossil fuels, which eventually become rocks.
This accurately describes the process by which the carbon stored in the bodies of living organisms can eventually become part of rock formations through the conversion of organic material into fossil fuels over geological time.
