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Ecosystems and Biodiversity · Question 35 of 68

Question 35

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Which nutrient cycle has no significant gaseous stage in the atmosphere and depends mainly on the weathering of rocks?

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

Explanation

  1. Phosphorus is released slowly as rocks weather, taken up by plants, passed along food chains and returned to soil and sediments.

  2. Unlike carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, it has no major form as a gas in the air, so it is a sedimentary cycle.

Concept
Gaseous and sedimentary cycles
Typical time
90 s
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