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Agriculture · Q160

Environmental Science In Agricultural

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 160

Q160

A biogeochemical cycle without an atmospheric component is

A.
Sulphur
B.
Nitrogen
C.
Phosphorus
Answer
D.
Oxygen

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
A biogeochemical cycle without an atmospheric component is Phosphorus.
A biogeochemical cycle is the pathway by which a chemical substance cycles the biotic and the abiotic compartments of Earth.
The six most common elements associated with organic molecules like carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulphur take a variety of chemical forms and may exist for long periods in the atmosphere, on land, in water, or beneath the Earth's surface.
Phosphorus is used to make nucleic acids and the phospholipids that comprise biological membranes.