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Answer: Exponential growth occurs when resources in the environment are abundantly available to a species.
Explanation: When a food source amount drops, so does the survival rate of the predator that eats that specific food source. When a food source grows too abundantly at too fast a rate, predators increase in numbers.
Worldwide circulation and reutilization of carbon atoms, chiefly due to metabolic processes of living organisms. Inorganic carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide, is incorporated into organic compounds by photosynthetic organisms; when the organic compounds are broken down in respiration, carbon dioxide is released. Large quantities of carbon are "stored" in the seas and the atmosphere, as well as in fossil fuel deposits.