EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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Question
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Where can you find carbon?
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Only in Earth’s atmosphere
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Inside all water molecules
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Inside the sun
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Inside every living thing on Earth
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Carbon is found in all living things. Carbon atoms move constantly through living organisms, the oceans, the atmosphere, and the Earth’s crust in what is known as the carbon cycle . The directions taken by carbon atoms through this cycle are very complicated and can take millions of years to make a full circle.
Detailed explanation-2: -All life is carbon-based: All living things on Earth are made up of carbon. This includes animals, plants and even microorganisms.
Detailed explanation-3: -Research by Rice University Earth scientists suggests that virtually all of Earth’s life-giving carbon could have come from a collision about 4.4 billion years ago between Earth and an embryonic planet similar to Mercury.
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