Will give brainliest asa which of the following describes a common role played by decomposers in the carbon cycle? dissolve and store carbon for long periods of time take carbon from the atmosphere to use to make food break down carbon stored in rocks through the process of weathering release carbon into the soil and atmosphere by breaking down dead matter

Release carbon into the soil and atmosphere by breaking down dead matter

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Its D :)

Explanation: When an animal dies the carbon releases into the soil and into the atmosphere by the dead matter breaking down

the correct answers are:

a - pacific plate;

it is the biggest oceanic tectonic plate. surrounded on all sides by continental tectonic plates, it is submerging and gradually becoming smaller and smaller.

b - north american plate;

huge continental plate, occupying big portion of the northern hemisphere.

c -eurasian plate;

alongside the north american plate, it is one of the two dominant continental plates in the northern hemisphere.

d - indian plate;

a small continental plate, that has been part of gondwanaland initially, but after the break up of it, moved towards northeast and pushed into the eurasian plate that was once part of laurasia.