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Explain the roles that living organisms
play in the carbon cycle.

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Role of Organisms in Carbon Cycle.

Organisms play an important role in the carbon cycle in the following ways: ... Animals obtain their carbon by eating plants; they release carbon in respiration. Micrororganisms (such as fungi and bacteria) return carbon to the environment when they decompose dead plants and animals.
Explain the roles that living organisms play in the carbon cycle.-example-1
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