What is carbon sequestration and how does photosynthesis contribute to it?
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A
Long-term storage of CO2 in organic matter or soils; photosynthesis fixes atmospheric CO2 into plant biomass that may be stored for decades to millennia
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B
Sequestration is an industrial process unrelated to biology
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C
Photosynthesis releases carbon into the soil immediately
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D
Sequestration refers only to ocean absorption of CO2