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All living things are made of carbon. Carbon is a part of the ocean, air, and even rocks. Because the Earth is always moving, carbon does not stay still.

In the atmosphere, carbon is attached to some oxygen in a gas called carbon dioxide.

Plants take in carbon from the air, and use it to grow and breathe.

When animals eat plants with lots of carbon, the carbon becomes part of the animal, and use it to grow.

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How does carbon move from plants and animals into the soil?

Carbon from plants and animals moves into the soil through processes like decomposition, where organic matter breaks down and releases carbon into the soil. Additionally, root exudates and plant litter contribute to soil carbon as they are broken down by soil organisms. Animal waste and remains also add carbon to the soil through decomposition.


how carbon transferred from plants to animals?

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What is dependence of plants on animals?

If you look at food cycles and webs, it always starts with a plant. the herbivores (plant eating animals) and the omnivores( eats both meat and plants) feed on these. the omnivores and carnivores (meat eating animals) eat the herbivores and other omnivores. plants also convert Carbon Dioxide into Oxygen so animals can breathe. So, to cut a long story short, if we didn't have plants, nothing would be able to survive.


How does plants and animals use carbon dioxide and oxygen in different ways?

Plants obtain carbon from the atmosphere by breaking CO2 apart and releasing the oxygen during photosynthesis. Animals eat the plants, excrete an undigested portion of the carbon, and exhale the rest through respiration of the carbon with atmospheric oxygen (or in the case of marine animals--oxygen dissolved in water).


How do plants and animals depend on each other?

Plants convert carbon dioxide given off by animals into oxygen. This process helps both plants and animals to survive. some animals llike deer need plants for food. Plants depend on animals for pollination and dispersal of seeds. Many animals just eat them but some use them as their shelter and and some to escape from predators. Plants depend on animals for enery as when an animal dies plants uses its body's nutrients.

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How do animals in water get carbon?

Plants contain carbon and they eat the plants


Where do animals obtain carbon?

From the plants or animals they eat.


Are animals primary consumers of carbon?

Not really, plants absorb the carbon from their surroundings and herbivores eat the plants and take up the oxygen. Then carnivorous animals eat the herbivores and in turn they also take up carbon.


How can carbon be passed from plants and animals to human beings?

when plants and animals respire, carbon is returned to the air as carbon dioxide, and humans then beathe in the same carbon dioxide that was placed into the air by the decomposed plants and animals.


Where do animals and people receive carbon?

Animals and people receive carbon primarily through the food they consume. Plants take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis and convert it into carbohydrates, which are then consumed by animals. The carbon is then transferred through the food chain as animals eat plants or other animals.


What converts carbon from both plant and animal sources?

Short answer, an omnivore. Herbivores only eat (covert carbon from) plants, Carnivores only eat animals therefore that's where they get their carbon from. Omnivores like humans, pigs, brown bears etc, eat both plants and animals.


How do animals and plants depend on each other in pond life?

Animals eat the plant and breaths out carbon dioxide which plants need to survive


How do animals obtain carbon to be used in cellular processes?

During photosynthesis, plants use carbon dioxide from the air and get energy from the sunlight to prepare their own food. The carbon is thereafter converted into carbon compounds in the plants. Animals primarily live by consuming plants, or eating other animals, and thereby get the carbonrequired for their life processes.


What is sphere interdependency?

Carbon moves from the atmosphere to plants. In the atmosphere, carbon is attached to oxygen in a gas called carbon dioxide (CO2). [ [ With the help of the Sun, through the process of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is pulled from the air to make plant food from carbon. # Carbon moves from plants to animals. Through food chains, the carbon that is in plants moves to the animals that eat them. Animals that eat other animals get the carbon from their food too. # Carbon moves from plants and animals to the ground. When plants and animals die, their bodies, wood and leaves decay bringing the carbon into the ground. Some becomes buried miles underground and will become fossil fuels in millions and millions of years. # Carbon moves from living things to the atmosphere. Each time you exhale, you are releasing carbon dioxide gas (CO2) into the atmosphere. Animals and plants get rid of carbon dioxide gas through a process called respiration. ] ]


How do animals depend upon plants?

Animals depend upon plants to produce oxygen (photosynthesis), to absorb carbon dioxide (plant respiration), and as a food source. Even animals that eat other animals (carnivores) depend on plants as a food source, as that is likely what their prey eat to survive.


How do plants and animals depend on each other on the aquarium?

Plants are at the bottom of the food chain. Plants can take nutrients from the soil and sunlight to make food for animals. Plants also make oxygen for animals including us to use, and we make carbon dioxide for the plants to use to make more oxygen. Plants can rely on animals to. Birds eat berries with seeds and poop them out in different places to help the plants reproduce.


Animals the eat both plants and animals?

Animals that eat both plants and animals are called omnivores.