Give brainliest Which of the following describes a common role played by animals in the carbon cycle?

Dissolve and store carbon for long periods of time
Take carbon from the atmosphere to use to make food
Release carbon into the atmosphere through respiration
Break down carbon stored in rocks through the process of weathering

Release carbon into the atmosphere through respiration

Explanation:

During cellular respiration the molecule takes in oxygen and glucose. ... Pyruvate is transported into the mitochondria and loses carbon dioxide to form a two-carbon molecule.

Release carbon into the atmosphere through respiration

Explanation:

then that carbon is used by plants to create oxygen and the cycle repeats.

both anaerobic and aerobic respiration use glucose (or other carbohydrates), proteins and lipids to produce atp and nadh. cell uses those energy molecules, obtained from food and   breaks them down during the chemical reactions of respiration. in anaerobic respiration, nadh is regenerated to nad+ by enzymes lactate dehydrogenase (lactate is produced, e.g. in muscle cells) or by alcohol dehydrogenase where ethanol is produced (alcohol fermentation), while in aerobic respiration, electrons from nadh are deposited in the mitochondria to regenerate nad+ (electron transport chain. anaerobic respiration produces 2 atp per molecule of glucose compared to aerobic respiration where about 38 atp molecules are produced.