Which statement best describes the roles of photosynthesis and respiration in the carbon cycle?

Photosynthesis removes carbon from the atmosphere, and cellular respiration releases carbon back into the atmosphere. Photosynthesis is part of the carbon cycle, and cellular respiration is not. (Only plants perform photosynthesis, and only animals perform cellular respiration )

Explanation:

a rain shadow is a dry region of land on the side that is protected against the prevailing winds of a mountain range. the prevailing winds are the winds that occur most of the time in a particular place of the earth

prevailing winds carry air toward the mountain range. as the air rises up over a mountain range, the air cools, water vapor condenses, and clouds form. on this side of the mountains, called the windward side, precipitation falls in the form of  rain  or snow. this dry air produces a  rain shadow.

because natural gas is colorless, odorless, and tasteless, distributors add mercaptan (a chemical that smells like sulfur) to give natural gas a distinct unpleasant odor (it smells like rotten eggs). they locate the types of rock that are likely to contain natural gas deposits.