How do consumers obtain the carbon that they needed for their life processes? they breathe it in from the surrounding area they break down the plants and animals they eat they absorb it from the surrounding soil they absorb it from water through their pores

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Mitochondria is the cell organelle that produced the energy that is needed in the body system in form of atp, that is why it is called the power house of the cell. energy is needed by the living organisms to carry out the activities which sustain life.  if the mitochondria is destroyed atp will not be produced. if the mitochondria is destroyed, energy production will stop and the affected living organism will not have the energy to carry out the necessary life processes; this will lead to the death of the organism.

If you get a map and put the countries a states all together it forms all one piece you can also tell because of the earth quakes