The carbon cycle consists of a number of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) factors that act as carbon reservoirs, or locations where more carbon is stored than released. Carbon travels constantly from reservoir to reservoir, sometimes stopping for a very long time and sometimes stopping for only a short time. Which of the following are abiotic carbon reservoirs?

(choose all that apply)

oceans

animals

atmosphere

fossil fuels

sun

decomposers

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a serious condition caused by a recessive allele of a gene on the human x chromosome. the patients have muscles that weaken over time because they have absent or decreased dystrophin, a muscle protein. they rarely live past their twenties. how likely is it for a woman to have this condition? a) women can never have this condition.b) one-fourth of the daughters of an affected man would have this condition.c) one-half of the daughters of an affected father and a carrier mother could have this condition.d) only if a woman is xxx could she have this condition.