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Air (CO )
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Respiration Combustion
Carbon diox-
ide dissolved
in water
Dissolution
Rock (lime-
stone) Remaining plants
Remaining
water plank- Natural gas
tons
Gasoline
The carbon cycle on Earth takes place thanks to bacteria.
this way represents the basis of Earth's carbon-based life forms. As
you know, life is based on carbon. All the basic organic molecules
such as amino acids, proteins and nucleic acids are formed by car-
bon atoms combining with certain other atoms. No other element in
nature can replace carbon. (For details see, The Creation of the
Universe by Harun Yahya, Al-Attique Publishers Inc., Toronto HARUN YAHYA
Ontario, 2000) Therefore, Allah has made all of life dependent on
organisms that perform photosynthesis. By Allah's will, the greatest
share of this process belongs, to bacteria.
By the phenomenon of photosynthesis, plants can make direct (ADNAN OKTAR)
use of solar energy to turn out complex organic molecules for oth-
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