Which describes the role of decomposers in the carbon cycle?

a.
they prevent carbon from escaping into the atmosphere.

b.
they absorb carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

c.
they change carbon dioxide into a form that organisms can use.

d.
they release the carbon that remains in the bodies of dead organisms.

An enzymatic hydrolysis of fructose-1-p, fructose-1-p(aq) + h2o(l) - fructose (aq) + pi (aq) was allowed to proceed to equilibrium at 25°c. the original concentration of fructose-1-p was 0.2 m, but when the system had reached equilibrium, the concentration of fructose-1-p was only 6.52 x 10^-5 m. calculate the equilibrium constant for this reaction and the free energy of hydrolysis of fructose-1-p.