Question

Describe the pathway followed by phosphorous in an ecosystem.

Answer 1

your answer

phosphorus is found as salts in rocks and ocean and it absorbed by plants after released from rocks as salt they dissolve in soil and increase its nutrients and then pants absorbs them

Answer 2

Answer:

Phosphorous is major element in the biological system such as cellular energy, nucleic acids, biological membranes, etc. Some animals need phosphorous for the maintenance of teeth and bones. Rock is the natural reservoir of phosphorous which contains in the form of phosphate. At the time of weathering of rocks, some amount of phosphates are mixed with soil and absorbed by the plants. Herbivores and other plants eating animals obtain this element from plants and carnivores obtain from the herbivores. When dead organisms are decomposed by phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and decomposers release phosphorous.