When humans cut down trees for lumber to build permanent structures,what aspect of metabolic cycling is disrupted?
A) The oxidation of wood products increases the amount of photosynthesis that can occur.
B) The biosynthetic reactions that happen in the lumber cause too much catabolism to occur.
C) Carbon and other atoms tied up in wooden structures are not being recycled into other living organisms.
D) The DNA in the wood is unable to obey the first law of thermodynamics.
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