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This dead matter (leaves) is being decomposed by fungi (decomposer) and its nutrients are returned to the soil and ammonia and other Nitrogenous compounds are also returned.

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This deer is a heterotroph. It eats plants and is unable to produce its own organic compounds so it is dependent on autotrophs for energy and food.

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This is Biscuit. He is a Havanese that eats not only dog food but scraps of bacon given after breakfast. He also enjoys eating lettuce and carrots making him an omnivore for eating meat and plants.

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This is a picture of various plants. These plants do a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis takes CO2 out of the atmosphere in the Carbon Cycle.

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This is a picture of the sun. The sun is an abiotic factor in many ecosystems. The sun is not living, but it provides energy for photosynthesis to take place.

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Trees are autotrophs they produce their own food through photosynthesis and give off O2. Autotrophs produce their own organic compounds from inorganic CO2, which can be used by consumers. During CR, they release CO2 into the atmosphere.

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This reindeer is an herbivore. It only eats vegetation: herbs, grasses, mosses, and lichen.

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This picture shows ducks (heterotrophs) swimming and eating algae in the pond. Trees, grass, and other organisms in the pond produce food for the heterotrophs and for themselves. The decomposers, saprophytes, live in the soil layer under the water and decompose the decayed organic matter of plants and animals. They keep the carbon cycle going.

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Combustion plays a huge role in the carbon cycle. Burning fossil fuels for automobiles has led to an abundance of CO2 in the atmosphere. Combustion releases CO2 into the atmosphere during the Carbon Cycle.

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Humans often leave behind trash and waste. Littering effects the animals in the area that was littered. The animals could eat the trash, and could potentially become sick from it.

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This is a picture of the ocean. The ocean is a major area of water storage on earth. The ocean also receives precipitation from the atmosphere.

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Lightning is one of the two things that takes nitrogen out of the atmosphere through a process called nitrogen fixation.