All the following are ways by which animals help to sustain the carbon cycle except A when they die, they decompose to release carbon atoms
B. feeding directly or indirectly on plants C. drinking water from streams and ponds
D. breathing ​

Option(C): drinking water from streams and ponds

emerald ash borer

the emerald ash borer is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to north-eastern asia that feeds on ash species. females lay eggs in bark crevices on ash trees, and larvae feed underneath the bark of ash trees to emerge as adults in one to two years. hope this !

the relative standard reduction potential of the half-cell in which reduction occurs; more positive than the other half-cell. reduction is a chemical process in which electrons are added to an atom or an ion; it always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent.