WorksheetsPhosphorus Cycle Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is Phosphorus?
a bone
where is phosphorus most abundant?
What color is phosphorus?
Red and white
Blue and pink
Yellow and grey
Green and clear
Which one is the Phosphorus cycle?
a cycle that consists of eating rocks to get phosphorus into your bones
the cycle that describes the transformation and translocation of phosphorus in soil, water, and living and dead organic material
shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
reusing carbon atoms, which travel from the atmosphere into organisms in the Earth and then back into the atmosphere over and over again
True or False:
Phosphorus is an essential element for plant life.
FALSE
TRUE
What role do decomposers play in the Phosphorus Cycle?
Decomposers break down organic matter and release phosphorous back into the soil.
This is released by the weathering of rocks.
Carbon
Soup
Phosphorus
oxygen
in the basic Phosphorus Cycle what comes first?
Absorption by Animals
Return to the Environment through Decomposition
Weathering (Run-Off)
Absorption by Plants
What is Weathering?
Bodies of water can be filled with dissolved phosphates that come from:
ocean currents, tides, and waves
air, soil, sediment, and waste buildup
Fish
The phosphorus cycle is extremely (a) .
Phosphorus makes up the main supportive structure of your _______
bones
muscle
a natural contributor to Phosphorus in the Earth.
What is Inorganic phosphate?
A salt of phosphoric acid
what is mineralization?
The process by which minerals are eaten by Cobain
The process by which minerals are deposited in the Earth's crust.
True or False:
Plants and animals are not important to the process of the cycle.
True
False
The Phosphorus Cycle
The Unicycle
What is leaching?
Process of separating substances from a solid by heating them
drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.
