Sophia - Environmental Science - Unit 2 Challenge 3. 1 — Photosynthesis and the Carbon Cycle Determine how carbon is cycled between plants and animals. How is carbon cycled between plants and animals? • a.) Dying organisms consume oil and coal. • b.) An animal eats a plant, then absorbs and exhales the carbon, which is then absorbed by other plants during photosynthesis. • c.) Plants use oxygen combined with sugar, to create water and carbon in order to grow. • d.) Plants releas...