Question

1. The carbon cycle is complex. When we breathe, we inhale some CO2, but

that CO, does not stay in our bodies. Explain how the carbon atoms in the
molecules of your body got there, indirectly from the air. How did the C get from
the air into us?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The carbon dioxide breathed out is a by-product of the process of cell respiration, as is water. In this process, energy is produced in the mitochondria of cells. This energy is our physical "life force". Both oxygen and glucose are required for this. Glucose contains carbon. That's where the carbon in carbon dioxide comes from. Glucose plus oxygen produces carbon dioxide, water and energy. When this process stops, the cell dies.