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WHAT Is the ultimate source of energy in the carbon cycle.. So when a mouse eats a seed wih carbon and than digests it so the carbon atom goes back Into the atmosphere and is absorbed by a plant?
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  • The ultimate source of carbon is nuclear fusion when heavier stars go nova. It’s basically the result of the fusion of 3 helium atoms. On Earth, it just gets recycled: absorbed from the atmosphere by a plant → turned into glucose → eaten by a herbivore → breathed out into the atmosphere as a waste product when glucose is broken down…

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