Statement I: The amount of nutrients, such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, etc., present in the soil at any given time, is referred to as the standing crop.
Statement II: Oceanic reservoir regulated the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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“Standing crop” refers to the total biomass of living organisms at a given time, not soil nutrients, so Statement I is wrong.
The ocean acts as a major carbon sink and helps regulate atmospheric CO 2 , so Statement II is correct.
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