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The Cycles of Matter

Question 18 • IASD Credit Recovery Environmental Science 2026 (Dress)

Explain how the need for energy is the driving force of the oxygen cycle.

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Living organisms require energy to sustain life. Photosynthesis is the driving force for the oxygen cycle and the driving force for photosynthesis is the need for energy. Plants obtain needed energy through the process of photosynthesis. Other organisms draw oxygen from the atmosphere in their pursuit of energy and breathe out carbon dioxide, which plants use in photosynthesis to create more oxygen.

Explain how the need for energy is the driving…