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-Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
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| -dissolved and stored in the ocean as carbonate and bicarbonate ions, which organisms take in to make their shells. |
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| is a chemical element that has the symbol N. |
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| what would happen when Uplifted limestone may dissolve in acidic rain to return carbon to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide? |
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| -sending calcium ions back into the ocean where they will precipitate with carbon dioxide to form new carbonate material. |
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| when carbonate and bicarbonate ions die what would happen? |
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| -When these organisms die, their shells rain down to the ocean floor, where they may be dissolved if the water is not saturated in carbonate. |
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| is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and/or aragonite |
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