Question

select all the correct answers. which three of the following steps in the carbon cycle describe how carbon moves between eart when fossil fuels are burned, they release carbon dioxide into the air. decaying organic material buried in the crust turns into fossil fuels. plants use carbon dioxide in the air to perform photosynthesis. animals use carbon stored in plants by eating them. carbon dioxide in the air is dissolved in the oceans’ shallow waters.

Explanation:

To determine the correct steps in the carbon cycle for carbon movement between Earth's components:

1. Burning fossil fuels: Releases CO₂ from geosphere (fossil fuels) to atmosphere.
2. Photosynthesis by plants: Takes CO₂ from atmosphere and incorporates it into plant biomass (biosphere), moving carbon from air to living organisms.
3. Carbon dissolution in oceans: Moves CO₂ from atmosphere to hydrosphere (ocean water).

The other options involve internal transfers within biosphere (animals eating plants) or geosphere (organic material to fossil fuels), not inter - component (atmosphere - geosphere/hydrosphere - biosphere) movement as clearly as the three selected.

Answer:

• When fossil fuels are burned, they release carbon dioxide into the air.
• Plants use carbon dioxide in the air to perform photosynthesis.
• Carbon dioxide in the air is dissolved in the oceans’ shallow waters.