Question

During a rainstorm, when atoms absorbed by soil from weathered sedimentary rock are washed into a nearby lake, some of the atoms come in contact with similar atoms from fertilizers and
detergents. An algal bloom results. Which cycle is described by this sequence of events?

Hydrologic cycle
Carbon cycle
Phosphorus cycle
Nitrogen cycle

Answer 1

Answer:

Phosphorus cycle

Explanation:

• During the time of rainstorm, the atoms are absorbed by the soil for the sedimentary rocks and they are washed down towards a lake and when they come into contact with the similar atoms like those of the detergents and fertilizers they result in an algae bloom which describes the sequence of the phosphorus cycle.