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Phosphorus Cycle
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Phosphorus Cycle
By: Trey Myers, Vanina Jacmart
Phosphorus
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a component of bones,teeth, DNA, RNA
Phosphorus cycle
Phosphorus cycle
It's a biogeochemical cycle that explains the movement of phosphorus through the litheosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere. In the phosphorus cycle there is 2 cycles that are connected into 1 cycle.
Weathering
Weathering
Weathering causes uplifted rocks to contribute phosphates
Underground phosphate reserve
Underground Phosphate Reserve
An underground phosphate reserve is basically where there is build up of Phosphate rock
Absorption by plants
Absorption by plants
The phosphate rock is a long-standing fertilizer. It keeps plants healthy and gives new growth.
Absorption by animals
Absorption by animals
Phosphorus is an important nutrient for animals. It helps with cell development. Phosphorus is an important component that stores energy.
Decomposers
Decomposers
When the animal consumers die, the phosphorus is recycled by decomposers such as bacteria and fungi.
Soil Bacteria
Leaching
Leaching
The water carries away eroded sediment and carries away phosphorus from manure and fertilizers. Leaching is like a filtration system where it removes dissolved phosphorus from soil by vertical water movement.
Formation of phosphate sediments
Formation of phosphate sediment
The inflow of dissolved phosphorus is from weathering, brought by rivers to the ocean. Certain fish bones can absorb the phosphorus and later are buried in the ocean.
Phosphate Sediment
Underwater phosphate reserve
Underwater phosphate reserve
Phosphorus is a non-renewable resource that is mine. A lot of the phosphate minerals were formed millions of years ago, when Florida was underwater. Later reserved were discovered and big mining companies started strip-mining.
Modern ocean mining
Geological uplift
Geological Uplift
The phosphorus containing waste from marine organisms sink all the way to the bottom of the ocean then form new sediment layers. Over a long period of time the rock may be moved from the bottom of the ocean to the land by a process called uplift.