The image shows the carbon cycle. Which process moves carbon from the atmosphere into plants?

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The image shows the carbon cycle. Which process moves carbon from the atmosphere into plants?
<!-- AI image prompt | slot:carbon_cycle_v3 | paste into Gemini/DALL-E/Midjourney: STRICT RULES — OBEY EVERY ONE OR THE IMAGE IS UNUSABLE:
(1) The image contains EXACTLY these text labels and nothing else: "Atmosphere", "Plants", "Animals", "Decomposers", "Ocean", "Fossil fuels (Coal/Oil)", "1", "2", "3", "4". (2) The following words MUST NOT APPEAR anywhere on the image: photosynthesis, respiration, combustion, decomposition, fossil-fuel, burning, cycle, process, fixation. (3) ZERO arrows other than those explicitly described. ZERO icons or illustrations not explicitly described. ZERO highlighting/glow on any single element. (4) ZERO title, heading, caption, watermark, color legend, key, scale bar, page number. (5) Background: pure flat white (#FFFFFF). (6) ALL labels (when present) use identical typography.

SUBJECT: Photorealistic textbook ecosystem illustration, 1500x900. Sky-and-landscape background with clouds at top labeled "Atmosphere", trees on the left labeled "Plants", a deer in the middle labeled "Animals", small mushrooms on the ground labeled "Decomposers", ocean on the right labeled "Ocean", and a coal seam beneath the ground at bottom-center labeled "Fossil fuels (Coal/Oil)" — also include a coal-fired power plant on the far right with a smoke stack. FOUR thick black arrows in the sky/atmosphere area, each labeled with a single bold number 1, 2, 3, or 4 in a circle: arrow 1 from Atmosphere DOWN to Plants; arrow 2 from Animals UP to Atmosphere; arrow 3 from Decomposers UP to Atmosphere; arrow 4 from the power plant UP to Atmosphere. FINAL REMINDER: arrow labels are ONLY the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4. NO process names (no "photosynthesis", "respiration", "combustion", "decomposition") on any arrow. -->

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

Answer

Cellular respiration

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Combustion

Answer

Decomposition

The image shows the carbon cycle. Which process moves carbon from the atmosphere into plants?

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