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Why should the amount of carbon in the atmosphere stay the same?

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Cellular respiration and photosynthesis are both dependent on each other, thus creating a cycle. Respiration creates carbon from oxygen, while photosynthesis takes that carbon created and reuses it to make oxygen. If they are creating/using carbon at the exact same rate, everything should stay the same. I think that's the answer you were looking for, anyways. Hope I helped :)

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Photosynthesis and respiration should balance each other out.

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