Answer:
The property of the carbon cycle that makes a good illustration of the conservation of matter is the C) carbon changes form, but the total amount of carbon remains the same.
Explanation:
The law of conservation of matter or conservation of mass states that the mass cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. It means that the amount of mass is always the same in a closed system. In a chemistry reaction, the mass of reactants must be the same as the mass of the product.
The carbon cycle is composed of different carbon sinks: oceans, the atmosphere, the ground, and the below-ground superficies. Carbon circulates between different sink through chemical, physical, and geological processes that include photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and the burning of fossil fuels. Through these processes, carbon travels between sinks; but the sum of the quantity of carbon through all sinks are the same because the carbon cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed.
