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Phosphorus enters the environment from rocks or deposits laid down on the earth many years ago. The phosphate rock is commercially available form is called apatite. Other deposits may be from fossilized bone or bird droppings called guano. Weathering and erosion of rocks gradually releases phosphorus as phosphate ions which are soluble in water. Land plants need phosphate as a fertilizer or nutrient.Phosphate is incorporated into many molecules essential for life such as ATP, adenosine triphosphate, which is important in the storage and use of energy. It is also in the backbone of DNA and RNA which is involved with coding for genetics.
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∙ 12y agoThere is a very good diagram below
The diagram refers to 'detritivores', which are decomposers (e.g. bacteria, fungi). They obtain nutrients by feeding on (and decomposing) organic matter which is usually already dead.
The phosphorus cycle describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. The atmosphere isn't really invloved as phosphorus is most commonly found as a solid.
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∙ 11y agoProcesses involved in phosphorus cycle
1. Erosion/ Runoff
2. Plants uptake
3. Sedimentation
4. Anaerobic release
5. Plants uptake
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∙ 15y agoWhat impact does it have on Humans?
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What processes are involved in the water cycle?
The processes involved in water cycle are: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection. These are the important processes that are involved.
What biotic processes are involved in the water cycle?
none
Which processes locks phosphorus in a long-term cycle?
organic materials buried at the bottom of the oceans
What two processes of the water cycle are responsible for creating a lake?
The two processes of the water cycle are responsible for creating a lake are:EvaporationCondensationThese processes are involved.
What two major processes are involved in the oxygen cycle?
Vaginas and pennies
What is different about the phosphorus cycle as compared to the water carbon and nitrogen cycle?
The atmosphere is not involved in the phosphorus cycle.
What is different about the phosphorus cycle as compared to the water-carbon nitrogen cycle?
The atmosphere is not involved in the phosphorus cycle.
What is the different about the phosphorus cycle as compared to the water carbon and nitrogen cycle?
The atmosphere is not involved in the phosphorus cycle.
What processes are involved in the water cycle?
The processes involved in water cycle are: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection. These are the important processes that are involved.
Which parts of the phosphorus cycle are geological processes?
The uplifting of phosphorus rock in mountains and the cleavage and weathering of those phosphorus rocks are geological processes.
What is different about the phosphorus cycle compared to the water carbon and nitrogen cycles?
The atmosphere is not involved in the phosphorus cycle.
What is different about the phosphorus cycle as compared to the water carbon nitrogen cycles?
The atmosphere is not involved in the phosphorus cycle.
What is the difference about the phosphorus cycle as compared to the water carbon and nitrogen cycles?
The atmosphere is not involved in the phosphorus cycle.
What is the different about the phosphorus cycle as compared to the water carbon and nitrogen cycles?
The atmosphere is not involved in the phosphorus cycle.
What the process in the water cycle?
The processes involved in water cycle are: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection. These are the important processes that are involved.
List four important biogeochemical processes that cycle nutrients?
The Water Cycle, The Carbon and Oxygen Cycle, The Nitrogen Cycle, and The Phosphorus Cycle.
What are the Geographical processes involved in water pollution and waste management?
which are processes involved in the water cycle?
