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O-LevelBiologyEcology & Environment5090/12 · Oct/Nov 2021 · Q291 Mark

Why is it important that carbon is cycled in nature?

ACarbon compounds needed by living organisms are produced in respiration.
BCarbon dioxide is needed by animals for respiration.
CLiving organisms need carbon compounds to make new proteins.
DTrees take in less carbon dioxide for photosynthesis than they produce in respiration.

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C: Living organisms need carbon compounds to make new proteins.

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Ecology & Environment, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Biology, Oct/Nov 2021 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 29.

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