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| the process in which carbon moves from plants to animals to people to water to the atmosphere and back again |
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| bacteria and fungi, break down dead plants and animals returning carbon to the soil and atmosphere |
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| makes its own food, like a plant |
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| the prcoess of breathing in and exhaling. People and animals do this. |
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| The process by which plants make their own food. |
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| long dead remains of plants and animals |
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| oil, natural gas and coal |
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| the burning of fossil fuels |
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| used by plants in photosynthesis |
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| formed from the remains of marine plants and animals |
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| formed from the remains of plants |
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| a place where crude oil is sent to be processed into usable products like jet fuel and gasoline |
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| Which fossil fuel provides most of the heating fuel for the U.S.? |
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| Where does most of the carbon go when it is released back into the environment? |
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