Inorganic C (mostly CO2) 700 Photo- synthesis 100 Respiration and fire Human activity and combustion 60 ATMOSPHERE 5 Plants 800 Decomposition 37 Detritus transfer 37 Solution output 98 Solution input 100 Dead organic matter 700 Freshwaters 300 Freshwater runoff Photosynthesis 50 Respiration 25 |0.5 OCEAN SURFACE Phytoplankton -1 Inorganic C 500 Zooplankton, fish -0.5 LAND DEEP Detritus Inorganic C OCEAN 35,000 transfer 20 Dead organic matter 1,000 Fossil fuel 10,000 Inorganic sediments 20,000,000

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Diagrams of environmental cycles are simplified to omit mi-nor contributors. For example, the production of lime from lime-stone is not shown in the cycle for carbon .Which labeled category in the figure includes this process?Name two other processes that contribute to this category.

Inorganic C
(mostly CO2)
700
Photo-
synthesis
100
Respiration
and fire
Human activity
and combustion
60
ATMOSPHERE
5
Plants
800
Decomposition
37
Detritus
transfer
37
Solution
output
98
Solution
input
100
Dead
organic
matter
700
Freshwaters
300
Freshwater
runoff
Photosynthesis
50
Respiration
25
|0.5
OCEAN SURFACE
Phytoplankton
-1
Inorganic C
500
Zooplankton, fish
-0.5
LAND
DEEP
Detritus
Inorganic C OCEAN
35,000
transfer
20
Dead organic matter
1,000
Fossil fuel
10,000
Inorganic sediments
20,000,000
Transcribed Image Text:Inorganic C (mostly CO2) 700 Photo- synthesis 100 Respiration and fire Human activity and combustion 60 ATMOSPHERE 5 Plants 800 Decomposition 37 Detritus transfer 37 Solution output 98 Solution input 100 Dead organic matter 700 Freshwaters 300 Freshwater runoff Photosynthesis 50 Respiration 25 |0.5 OCEAN SURFACE Phytoplankton -1 Inorganic C 500 Zooplankton, fish -0.5 LAND DEEP Detritus Inorganic C OCEAN 35,000 transfer 20 Dead organic matter 1,000 Fossil fuel 10,000 Inorganic sediments 20,000,000
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