Life: The Science of Biology
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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 57.2, Problem 2R
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Whether it is reasonable to guess that the concentrations of the carbon dioxide (CO2) could be lowered by the primary producers, present in the water bodies and on land by providing a proof in support of the answer.
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The plants use CO2 during the process of photosynthesis and fix it in the form of glucose, which is available as the food to different organisms of the earth. The carbon available after respiration and
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