Life depends on carbon based molecules.What are the sources of these carbon.

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Major source of carbon for the living world is carbon dioxide from Atmosphere.
Carbon is found as graphite and diamond in nature.
Carbonates of earth's crust derived from rocks, which by chemical reactions give rise to carbon dioxide.
Fossil fuels like coal and petroleum products provide carbon.
In oceans the carbon remains stored as carbonates in the form of limestone and marble rocks.

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