Which of the following statements about the phosphorus cycle is false? The main abiotic reservoir for phosphorus is in the soil. Plants release dissolved phosphate ions into the soil. Guano can be used by farmers to add phosphorus to the soil. Phosphates that drain from soils into the sea becomes part of new rock and will cycle back into living organisms.

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Brooke Andrade

Biology

9 January, 05:53

Which of the following statements about the phosphorus cycle is false? The main abiotic reservoir for phosphorus is in the soil. Plants release dissolved phosphate ions into the soil. Guano can be used by farmers to add phosphorus to the soil. Phosphates that drain from soils into the sea becomes part of new rock and will cycle back into living organisms.

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Lauren Bridges · Answer 1

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Which of the following statements about the phosphorus cycle is false? The main abiotic reservoir for phosphorus is in the soil. Plants release dissolved phosphate ions into the soil. Guano can be used by farmers to add phosphorus to the soil. Phosphates that drain from soils into the sea becomes part of new rock and will cycle back into living organisms.

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Soil is not the main reservoir for the phosphorous. The main antibiotic phosphorous is in the rocks.

Lizbeth Garcia · Answer 2

Answer: The main abiotic reservoir for phosphorus is in the soul

Explanation:

Phosphorus cycle refers to the ways phosphorus moves from through lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.

Phosphorus is essential for plants growth and major components of nucleotides in DNA and RNA. It is a major constituent of teeth.

Steps in phosphorus cycle are;

Weathering: the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces. Rock is the major source of phosphorus.

Other sources of phosphorus is from phosphate fertilizers which is applied to the soil to be absorb by plant.

Absorbption of phosphorus: plant absorb phosphorus in the soil which is use for plants growth. Some phosphorus can be washed into the water system which is use by plants and animals there.

Return to the environment through decomposition: when plants and animals die, microbes acts on them and bring about decomposition. When they are decomposed, phosphorus is released into the environment.