The long-term and short-term carbon cycles are connected by the fact that some of the carbon contained in C₆H₁₂O₆ (or other organic molecules) in plants is incorporated into sedimentary rocks or oil; carbon in sedimentary rock and oil is not immediately cycled back to the atmosphere. True / False.

True

Explanation:

The carbon cycle is the process of carbon moving between the atmosphere to organisms and back to the atmosphere. The cycle is divided into four steps:

When the carbon gas is in the air it dissolves into the ocean, this causes a decrease of carbon gas in the air. The dissolved gas reacts with water forming carbonate compounds, that are in turn deposited into the sedimentary rocks.