Phosphorus Cycle
What does the Phosphorus Cycle depend on.
Rock Erosion
Examples of plants in the phosphorous cycle
Flowers, grains, vegetables, etc.
how do Detrivores such as beetles, flies, and earthworms play in the phosphorous cycle?
Detrivores put phosphate back into the environment (in soil and water) then phosphorous goes into the plants repeating the cycle.
What is the main thing phosphorous does for living organisms?
Bone growth development, cellular respiration.
Where is phosphate located on earth?
In the Soil, Rocks, and water
-------- take in phosphorous --------- eats plants-------eats carcass of animals------
1. Plants (Flowers, Wheet, etc)
2. Animals (Cows, Deer)
3. Scavengers or Decomposers (Worms, Vulture)
How do carnivores such has tigers get Phosphate?
By eating other animals with phosphate in the system like deer.
How are Decomposers involved in the phosphorous cycle?
Decomposers break down dead organic material and put phosphate back in the soil. the plants then use it to grow.
What is the main thing phosphorous does for Plants?
An essential part of photosynthesis and growth.
True or False -Phosphate can travel through the air.
False- the phosphorous cycle is the only cycle that has no gas formation.
Where does phosphate in the soil go?
It's absorbed by plants or taken into the ocean.
How do herbivores like cows get phosphate?
Plants
what are examples of decomposers in the Phosphorus Cycle?
Fungi, etc.
What would happen if phosphorous didn't exist?
Plants would not grow, the food chain would be impossible.
What % of earth crust is made of phosphorus?
0.1%
Where does the phosphorous cycle start?
when rock erodes from wethering giving off detritus which is full of nutrients such as phosphate.
How do omnivores like foxes get phosphate?
Milk, plants, meat
What is the difference between Detrivores and Decomposers?
Detrivores eat dead organisms, Decomposers break down dead organisms to tiny particles.
How long does it take to make phosphorus?
20,000 to 100,000 years.
What % of all plants are made of phosphorous?
0.03 -0.2%
What is left from erosion of rock
Detritus- phosphate and other minerals.
How do humans affect Phosphuros Cycle?
Through farming and mining
Decomposers and Detritovers ------- in the phosphorous cycle.
Recycle phosphorous back into the cycle.
Phosphorus is an ----------for plants and animals
Essential nutrient
What kind of animals eat the most phosphorous. carnivore, herbivores, omnivores, scavengers, decomposers.
omnivores, they eat plants and animals, sometimes even bones.