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What Fraction of All of the Organic Carbon on Earth

Question 18

Question 18

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What fraction of all of the organic carbon on earth results from microbial fixation of carbon dioxide in the oceans?


A) about 3/4
B) about 1/2
C) about 1/4
D) about 1/8

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