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9. How is it possible that you can have matter in your body that was once in a
dinosaur?

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When animals eat food, they get carbon in the form of carbohydrates and proteins. ... The oxygen (O2) from the CO2 molecule was sent back into the atmosphere; the carbon atom (C) was detached and used to make a molecule of sugar.

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