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What happens when nitrates and phosphorus enter rivers and lakes?
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∙ 13y ago
it will pollute the lake if it has chemicals that didn't come from the earth. and if the fertilizer has polltion like oil in it, it can polllute the lake and kill the fish. or the fertilizer can infect the plants like seaweed and if the fish eat the seaweed they have a possibility of dying.
PS-save the earth don't pollute
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∙ 13y ago
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By what process do nitrates enter the cell?
Nitrates enter the cell through the process of active transport. Nitrates are essential for development of leaves of a plant and are absorbed through root hair cells.
How do nitrates enter plants?
Nitrogen fixing bacteria make nitrates available for plants to use.
How does phospHorus enter living plants?
Plants absorb phosphate from the soil.
What happens when there are too many nitrates and phosphates in a pond?
Nitrates and phosphates are fertilizers, and therefore if you have too much of them in a pond, it will become choked with an excessive growth of algae.
What rivers do not enter the sea?
lakes
Is phosphorus good for soil?
Phosphorus is an essential component in soil but if you put to much it can kill the plant in the soil. Phosphorus does not enter the atmosphere, remaining mostly on land and in rock and soil minerals. 80 percent of the phosphorus is used to make fertilizers.It acts as a prominent nutrient in soil.However, excessive amounts of phosphorus is detrimental .
What is different about the phosphorus cycle as compared to the water carbon and nitrogen cycles?
Phosphorus generally does not exist as gas
How do you British rivers usually enter the sea?
At the coast.
What are two ways that road salt can enter rivers and lakes?
They can enter by passing trucks, or vehicles because of the speed they are travailing at, the salt can fly into the rivers/ oceans because of the wind.
Which major Alabama rivers enter the Gulf of Mexico?
According to the "Alabama Maps" website (refer to the link, below), the major Alabama rivers which enter the Gulf of Mexico are the Mobile, Tensaw, and Perdido.
What might be found in areas where rivers enter oceans?
placer deposits
How do dissolved salts enter seawater?
Dissolved salts are transported by the rivers.
