True: The carbon cycle shows how carbon moves through living and nonliving things., Plants take in carbon dioxide during photosynthesis., Animals get carbon when they eat plants or other animals., Carbon dioxide is released into the air when animals breathe., Decomposers release carbon back into the soil and atmosphere., The carbon cycle helps keep Earth’s systems in balance., Carbon can be found in the air, in living things, and in the ground., Plants use carbon dioxide to make food., When humans and animals breathe, they release carbon dioxide., Carbon moves between the atmosphere, plants, animals, and soil., Fossil fuels contain carbon from plants and animals that lived long ago., When fossil fuels are burned, carbon goes into the air as carbon dioxide., Decomposers help recycle carbon from dead organisms., Carbon is stored in trees, oceans, rocks, and the atmosphere., The sun gives energy that starts the process of photosynthesis., Without the carbon cycle, life on Earth could not exist., Carbon travels in a circle from the air to plants, animals, and back to the air., Plants are an important part of the carbon cycle., The more trees we have, the more carbon dioxide is removed from the air., Carbon dioxide is a gas that animals and people exhale., False: Carbon cycle happens only in animals. , Plants release carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. , Carbon stays only in the air and never moves. , Only animals are part of the carbon cycle. , The sun produces carbon directly. , Animals make their own food using sunlight and carbon dioxide., The carbon cycle only happens in animals., Decomposers stop the carbon from going back into the atmosphere., The carbon cycle does not include the ocean or soil., Carbon never moves; it always stays in the air., Plants get carbon from the soil instead of the air., Only humans are part of the carbon cycle., Carbon dioxide is a solid, not a gas., Animals take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen when they breathe.,

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