Question

Carbon in the ocean onginates from the atmosphere. T or D?

Answer 1

Answer: The process call photosynthesis by tiny marine plants converts carbon into organic matter.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere dissolves in the surface waters of the ocean.

Explanation:

Photosynthesis by tiny marine plants (phytoplankton) in the sunlit surface waters turns the carbon into organic matter.

Respiration from aquatic life lowers the carbon dioxide concentration in the oceans. Carbon dioxide dissolves more readily in water than in the atmosphere. Plankton at the surface funnel carbon from the atmosphere to the ocean.