How is phosphate cycle like the nitrogen cycle? How is it different?
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The phosphorus cycle is what we called a geological cycle whereas the nitrogen cycle consists of an atmospheric and geological phase.
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The phosphorus cycle is dependent on terrestrial means, meaning that it is not "fixed" into the earth's surface or cannot come about from atmospheric phosphorus. There is no such thing. The Phosphorus cycle is an earthly cycle then, thus it is recycled within an ecosystem (eg from sediment, to plants, to products, waste, and back to sediment) and consists of no gaseous phase.
The Nitrogen cycle however, consists of an atmospheric phase due to the fact that it has a gaseous component (nitrogen gas) this gas is fixed into the soil via leguminous plants or by lightning (atmospheric fixation). The cycle then continues within the soil (you can find illustrations of these online) and goes back to the gaseous state in the atmosphere to be recycled again.
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The phosphorus cycle is what we called a geological cycle whereas the nitrogen cycle consists of an atmospheric and geological phase.
Explanation:
The phosphorus cycle is dependent on terrestrial means, meaning that it is not "fixed" into the earth's surface or cannot come about from atmospheric phosphorus. There is no such thing. The Phosphorus cycle is an earthly cycle then, thus it is recycled within an ecosystem (eg from sediment, to plants, to products, waste, and back to sediment) and consists of no gaseous phase.
The Nitrogen cycle however, consists of an atmospheric phase due to the fact that it has a gaseous component (nitrogen gas) this gas is fixed into the soil via leguminous plants or by lightning (atmospheric fixation). The cycle then continues within the soil (you can find illustrations of these online) and goes back to the gaseous state in the atmosphere to be recycled again.
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Humans use the fossil fuels and release the carbon into the air. TheNitrogen Cycle Starts with Nitrogen in the atmosphere. The nitrogen gets into the ground through nitrogenfixation (Lightning & Bacteria. ... When the plants or animals die, they release the phosphorus back into the soil through decomposition.
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