carbon cycle: ocean

What will be an ideal response?


there's a lot of C02 in the ocean because it dissolves easily.
In the surface waters tiny free-floating plants (plankton) convert the dissolved carbon into simple sugars using sunlight to drive photosynthesis

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Members of which of the following phyla would exhibit ostia and an osculum?

a) Cnidaria b) Cnetophora c) Nematoda d) Rotifera e) Porifera

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Which of the following types of cells is matched with the wrong stem cell category?

A. myeloid cell: unipotent B. hematopoietic stem cells: multipotent C. embryonic germ cells: pluripotent D. zygote: totipotent E. embryonic stem cells: pluripotent

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Cells of the adaptive immunity have all of these characteristics EXCEPT

a. tolerance b. specificity c. memory d. resistance

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