phosphoroys cycle

Question 1

What is phosphorous needed for?

Answer 1

= DNA
= ATP
= RNA
= phospholipid

Question 2

What is dirst step?

Answer 2

= environmental conditions
= erosion and weathering
= causes the release of phosphate ions
by rocks into soils and bodies of water

Question 3

What is rhe second step?

Answer 3

= plants assimilate
= taken in these phosphate ions
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Question 4

What is the third step?

Answer 4

= anomals eat these plants, use the iosn to sunthesies organic materials

Question 5

What is the 4th step?

Answer 5

= animals die + decompose rutrning phosphate ions back into soil

Question 6

What is 5th step?

Answer 6

= bacteria in soil break down phosphaye ions into inorganic forms

Question 7

What iis 6th step/

Answer 7

= inorganic forms of phosphorous can end up in waterways again and be assimilated by plants