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What is the difference between long term and short term phosphorus cycle?
Long term cycle: phosphorus is found in bedrock in the form of phosphate ions combined with a variety of elements. Phosphates are soluble in water and so can be dissolved out of rock. While dissolved, phosphates can be absorbed by photosynthetic organisms and passed into food chains. Short term cycle: wastes from living things are recycled by decomposers, which break down wastes and dead tissues and release the phosphates. This cycle is much more rapid.
How would you describe tge phosphorus cycle?
The phosphorus cycle is the biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.
Is the phosphorus cycle open or closed?
Closed cycle
What is the difference between nitrogen cycle and phosphorus cycle?
Nitrogen cycle is made up of nitrogen gas so when nitrogen gas and oxide compress they make a nitrogen cycle. With the phosphorus cycle it doesn't compress gas it just goes to gas to oxide making phosphorus cycle.
What is one way the phosphorus cycle is different from the carbon nitrogen and water cycle?
Phosphorus generally does not exist as gas
Summarize the long-term cycle of phosphorus?
The long term cycle of phosphorus is that plants absorb inorganic phosphate. It is absorbed through the roots and then converted into organic phosphates. Animals then obtain the phosphorus by consuming the plants. The animals then excrete inorganic phosphorus in the urine. Bacteria break down the dead animals and plants and releases inorganic phosphorus to continue this cycle.
Which processes locks phosphorus in a long-term cycle?
organic materials buried at the bottom of the oceans
Is it true that the Phosphorus cycles through the environment two ways by a short-term cycle involving organisms and by a long-term cycle involving rocks?
True is the final answer
What is the difference between long term and short term phosphorus cycle?
Long term cycle: phosphorus is found in bedrock in the form of phosphate ions combined with a variety of elements. Phosphates are soluble in water and so can be dissolved out of rock. While dissolved, phosphates can be absorbed by photosynthetic organisms and passed into food chains. Short term cycle: wastes from living things are recycled by decomposers, which break down wastes and dead tissues and release the phosphates. This cycle is much more rapid.
How would you describe tge phosphorus cycle?
The phosphorus cycle is the biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.
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.
Main steps in the phosphorus cycle?
The phosphorus cycle is long and slow, but it is an important part of the environment. It helps plants grow, and is used by farmers to fertilize them. When animals eat the plants, they absorb phosphates.
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.
