Name: Nutrient Cycles in Ecosystem
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 9 min 22 s
Description: Do you know that energy and matter are transferred between living organisms and non-living parts of the environment? It's through nutrient cycles. Let's lear...

Question

Represent the phosphorus cycle with a word diagram.

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Phosphorous is the primary mineral that is used in the production of energy molecules like ATP, ADP, and GTP. The sedimentary rocks are the major source of phosphorus availability in comparison to the atmosphere.

It circulates in the earth crust as follows:

The weathering of the rock involves the addition of inorganic phosphorus into the soil.

The elementary phosphorus (Pi) is converted to orthophosphate, which can be absorbed by the plants.

The phosphate solubilising bacteria decompose phosphorous from the decaying matter of plants, animals, and birds which enters the soil.

The ph0sphorus cycle has been shown below:

Representation of Phosphorous Cycle.

Represent the phosphorus cycle with a word diagram.

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