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Example Question #251 : Ap Environmental Sciences
The phosphorus cycle is fundamentally different from the nitrogen and sulfur cycles. How so?
Possible Answers:
The phosphorus cycle does not include a gaseous phase, resulting in no significant quantities of atmospheric phosphorus.
Phosphorus is cycled back into the soil through precipitation.
Phosphorus is not taken up by plants and is a strictly inorganic cycle.
Phosphorus does not enter the cycle from weathering of sediments and parent material.
Phosphorus is not fixed in the atmosphere by lightning.
Correct answer:
The phosphorus cycle does not include a gaseous phase, resulting in no significant quantities of atmospheric phosphorus.
Explanation:
The phosphorus cycle does not contain an atmospheric phase, while both the sulfur and nitrogen cycles do.
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