Phosphorus Cycle

This is released by the weathering of rocks.

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Phosphorus

• Nitrogen

Tags

SC.HS.8.3

True or False: Phosphorus cycles through the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.

• True

• False

Tags

SC.HS.8.3

Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle

• The Carbon cycle

• The Nitrogen cycle

• The Phosphorus cycle.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that break down dead plants & animals and release phosphorus back into soil and water...

• bacteria

• plants

• animals

• producers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which nutrient is not cycled through the atmosphere and stays only on ground level?

• carbon

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

• water

Phosphorus ends up back in rocks in the geosphere through

• sedimentation

• consumption

• weathering and erosion

• decomposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is released by the weathering of rocks.

• Carbonate

• Phosphate

• Phosphorus

• Nitrogen

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the phosphorus cycle?

• the process in which phosphorus is created

• the process by which phosphorus moves through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere

• the process in which phosphorus desintegrates

• the process in which phosphorus kills people

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is a major reservoir of phosphorus in the phosphorus cycle?

• Atmosphere

• Oceans

• Sedimentary rocks

• Living organisms

True or False: Phosphorus is a limiting nutrient in many ecosystems because it is not abundant in the atmosphere.

• True

• False