Which statement best compares the carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle?

Decomposers break down dead organisms and waste, returning carbon compounds to the environment and helping recycle nitrogen compounds in soil. The other choices do not describe both cycles: water movement is part of the water cycle, oxygen release is associated with photosynthesis in the carbon cycle, and fixation is a key step in the nitrogen cycle but not the carbon cycle.

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