Answer: D “Van Gogh’s painting depicts a field of haystacks in Provence, France, with a bright orange orb partially showing over a bluff.” (Kahney 20)
Collective nouns are always singular
Ex. A flock of birds is migrating to the South.
The correct answer is C, decomposition.
Explanation:
It would be to decompose and clear the traces and amounts of these nutrients for the uptake of other living beings, including plants, to ultimately allow for these materials to be converted along with new nutrients to be increased again.Biogeochemical cycles distribute the nutrients from the soil to the plants, animals, and microorganisms. These organisms die, and their organic matter disintegrates, and add back the nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorous following to the pool.