Sunlight
Auto and
factory
emissions
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Photosynthesis
respiration
Organic carbon
Decej
organisms
ROCK
respiration
Dead organisms
and waste products
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Ocean
Fossils and fossil fuels
Examine the model of the carbon cycle. Carbon is transferred from one biotic component, the cow, to a second biotic component, the
decomposers. Using the model, select the one method that carbon is NOT transferred from animals to decomposers.
as waste
in dead carcasses
as carbon dioxide
in scraps of discarded food.