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Fill in the blanks.
1. …a… also represent a reservoir of carbon.
2…..b… also contribute substantially to `CO_(2)` pool by their processing of waste materials and dead organic matter of land or oceans. ltbgt 3. Some amount of the fixed carbon is lost to ...c... and removed from circulation.

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a-Decomposers, b-fossil fuel,c-sediment

B

a-fossil fuel, b-decomposers, c-sediment

C

a-sediment, b-fossil fuel, c-decomposers

D

a-fossil fuel,b-sediment,c-decomposers

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B
1. Fossil fuel also represent a reservoir of carbon.
2. Decomposers also contribure substantially to `CO_(2)` pool by their processing of waster materials and dead organic matter of land or oceans.
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