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phosphorus, in small quantities, is vital to cellular functions. it effects animals such as: Birds, Humans, Mammals other than humans, reptiles, and amphibians.

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Where do animals get their phosphorus?

Animals are able to obtain phosphorus from plants that they may eat. It is also possible that animals that don't ingest plants can obtain phosphorus from the smaller animals that they may eat that do eat plants.


How do animals take up phosphorus?

Animals assimilate phosphorus by the foods that they eat. Phosphorus is in plant cells and is transferred to animals through the plants they eat, in turn carnivores obtain phosphorus from their prey that eat plants.


What do animals get phosphorus from?

Eating plants.


Identify the sources of phosphorus in the phosphorus cycle?

Sources of phosphorus in the phosphorus cycle include weathering of rocks, decomposition of organic matter, excretion by organisms, and runoff from fertilized agricultural areas. These sources release phosphorus into the soil, where it can be taken up by plants and eventually re-enter the cycle through consumption by animals and decomposition of organic material.


Animals get phosphorus from?

Animals consume plants which have taken phosphorus out of the soil. They then excrete it in the form of manure and biosolids which returns it to the soil.


What does phosphorus do when humans and animals?

It is decomposed by decomposers


How are phosphorus incorporated into the organic molecules in plants and animals?

Flows out of water into plants that are consumed by animals


Where does the phosphorus cycle begin?

The phosphorus cycle begins with the weathering of rocks, which releases phosphorus into the soil. This phosphorus is then taken up by plants and incorporated into their tissues. When plants are consumed by animals, phosphorus is transferred through the food chain.


Is phosphorus in glow sticks?

No, phosphorus is NOT in glow sticks. Phosphorus is way to dangerous to be put in glow sticks. While a glow stick does have phosphorescence (meaning glow after illumination), it does not have phosphorus.


What are facts for phosphorus?

Its an element of vital importance in the growth and health of plants and animals.


What is phosphorus not found on free state in nature but is contained mostly in?

Phosphorus is not found in its free state in nature but is mostly contained in phosphate minerals, which are the main sources of phosphorus used for fertilizers. Additionally, phosphorus can also be found in biological organisms like plants and animals.


How do humans effect what animals eat?

i think they effect it by killing other animals.