What is the the phosphorus cycle in simple terms that are easy to understand?

Phosphorus moves in a cycle through rocks, water, soil, sediments, and organisms.

Steps of Phosphorus cycle:

Rain and weathering cause rocks to release phosphate ions and other minerals. This inorganic phosphate is then distributed in soils and water.

Plants take up inorganic phosphate from the soil. The plants may then be consumed by animals. Once in the plant or animal, the phosphate is incorporated into organic molecules such as DNA. When the plant or animal dies, it decays, and the organic phosphate is returned to the soil.

Within the soil, organic forms of phosphate can be made available to plants by bacteria that break down organic matter to inorganic forms of phosphorus. This process is known as mineralisation.

Phosphorus in soil can end up in waterways and eventually oceans. Once there, it can be incorporated into sediments over time.

the backbone of the dna and rna compound is sugar phosphate.

lunar landing mission. apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon. the first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by neil armstrong and buzz aldrin on july 20, 1969. the astronauts also returned to earth the first samples from another planetary body.

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