Question

Which is not a role that oceans play in the carbon cycle?

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Carbon dioxide is released by marine mammals.
Carbon dioxide is released from deep sea sediments.
Carbon dioxide is absorbed from the atmosphere by the ocean.
Carbon dioxide is taken in by phytoplankton during photosynthesis.

Answer 1

Oceans do not release carbon dioxide as part of the carbon cycle.

Step-by-step explanation:

The role that oceans do not play in the carbon cycle is that carbon dioxide is released by marine mammals. While it is true that carbon dioxide is released from deep sea sediments and is absorbed from the atmosphere by the ocean, and carbon dioxide is taken in by phytoplankton during photosynthesis, marine mammals do not release carbon dioxide into the oceans as a part of the carbon cycle.

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