The biological pump ________.

A. feeds most life in the ocean
B. helps regulate atmospheric CO2 concentrations, depends on photosynthesis, and feeds most life in the ocean
C. helps regulate atmospheric CO2 concentrations
D. refers to organisms that filter the water for food
E. depends on photosynthesis


Answer: B

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