sulfur cycle

what is sulfur? (multiple answers)

• an elelment

• a food

• a brittle, yellow, tasteless, and odorless non-metallic thing

• an animal

how does the cycle begin?

• weathering

• rain

• decomposition

• pollution

where is sulfur stored?

• sun

• plants

• deep sea

• underground in rocks

what is sulfur converted into when it comes in contact with air?

• sulfate

• so4

• sulfuric acid

• water

what is the sulfate taken up by?

• plants

• mircro organisms

• sun

• lizards

what happens to sulfur as organisms die and decompose?

• some of the sulfur is again released as a sulfate and some enters the tissues of microorganisms

• it is gone for forever

• it is transferred into energy

• it is absorbed into the ground

Sulfur can be added to the atmosphere by

• burning coal, oil and gasoline
• respiration
• nitrogen fixing bacteria
• decomposition

what charge does sulfur have

• 2+

• 1-

• 100+

• 2-

when sulfur settles into oceans what happens

• it evaporates

• it gets lost

• it cries

• it settles