How is carbon returned into the atmosphere in a slow carbon cycle?

Plants

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Volcanoes

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The correct option is C
Volcanoes

Through a series of chemical reactions and tectonic activity, carbon takes between 100-200 million years to move between rocks, soil, ocean, and atmosphere in the slow carbon cycle. The slow cycle returns carbon to the atmosphere through volcanoes.

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Choose the correct sequences

(a) $C O_{2}$ in atmosphere → decomposers → organic carbon in animals → organic carbon in plants
(b) $C O_{2}$ in atmosphere → organic carbon in plants → organic carbon in animals → inorganic carbon in soil
(c) Inorganic carbonates in water → organic carbon in plants → organic carbon in animals → scavengers
(d) Organic carbon in animals → decomposers → $C O_{2}$ in atmosphere → organic carbon in plants

Q. Choose the correct sequence of events in Carbon Cycle.
(a)

C O_{2}

in atmosphere → decomposers → organic carbon in animals → organic carbon in plants
(b)

C O_{2}

in atmosphere → organic carbon in plants → organic carbon in animals → inorganic carbon in soil
(c) Inorganic carbonates in water → organic carbon in plants → organic carbon in animals → scavengers

Q. Due to all of the following given processes, carbon is returned to the atmosphere, except_____________.

All plants and animals respire by reducing carbohydrates in their cells to produce energy and give out carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

True or False?

Q. In the carbon cycle, the human body directly returns carbon to the atmosphere through this way:

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How is carbon returned into the atmosphere in a slow carbon cycle?

The correct option is C Volcanoes Through a series of chemical reactions and tectonic activity, carbon takes between 100-200 million years to move between rocks, soil, ocean, and atmosphere in the slow carbon cycle. The slow cycle returns carbon to the atmosphere through volcanoes.

The correct option is C
Volcanoes

Through a series of chemical reactions and tectonic activity, carbon takes between 100-200 million years to move between rocks, soil, ocean, and atmosphere in the slow carbon cycle. The slow cycle returns carbon to the atmosphere through volcanoes.