Monday, October 1, 2012
What is different about the phosphorus cycle as compared to the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle?
The phosphorus cycle is different compared to the water,carbon, and nitrogen cycle because it can not be found in the gas state. Phosphorus is only found in land, water, and sediment. The phosphorus cycle is a bio-geochemical cycle that describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. The other cycles is the process by which it is converted between its various chemical form. Phosphorus has small particles that only sometime go up into the atmosphere and contribute to acid rain but other than that phosphorus stays in and on land, sea, and sediment.
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Just a reminder to everyone:
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2)The hydrosphere is all of the Earth's water.
3) The biosphere is the part of the Earth and atmosphere in which all living organisms live.
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