Question

Which one is a sedimentary cycle.?
A.) Oxygen cycle
B.) Nitrogen cycle
C.) Hydrogen cycle
D.) Phosphorus cycle
E.) Carbon cycle

Answer 1

Hint: It refers to the formation of a cycle called the Phosphorus cycle in which sediment released from rocks gets mixed with water and releases phosphorus into the water. The process accumulates sediments in the water bed.

Complete answer:
We can say that the correct answer is the Phosphorus Cycle. The upper crust of the rocks acquires a layer called sediment. Normally, rocks also age like human beings. The sediment is a composition of several minerals such as Phosphorus and other elements. Phosphorus is stored in large quantities in sediments formed by the rocks.
We are trying to answer why the phosphorus cycle is called a sedimentary cycle and the reasons are offered as follows:
1). The planet’s Lithosphere consists of hard rocks and soil. The hard rocks and soil release sediment formed on the loose upper crust of the rocks or the soil. This process is called sedimentation.
2). It takes place along with the aging of rocks. This process makes the phosphorus get released in the water bed which helps in increasing the yield of the crops, lack of phosphorus can result in a decreased yield of the crops.
3). The phosphorus cycle consists of the movement of phosphorus from rocks to the soil through water and water to sediment. It is a cyclic phenomenon.
4). The bacteria present on earth and plants use the phosphorus available in the soil. These plants are consumed by the animals. The phosphorus begins its travel in the living organism.
5). When water flows over the rocks and the sediment gets mixed with water. Phosphorus is contained in the water and these sediments get mixed with water to form deposits. Normally phosphorus is prepared by decaying plants and other organisms in agricultural fields; whenever the quantity is insufficient the additional quantity is supplied in the form of manure.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D)

Note: Students can remember this as a phosphorous cycle better by remembering the fact about the process of the sedimentary cycle. Sedimentary cycles refer to the bundles of phosphorus that are deposited in some places when the loose sediment from rocks gets washed away.