The rate of nutrient cycling in an ecosystem is significantly influenced by all of the following EXCEPT:
The temperature and moisture conditions
The abundance and diversity of decomposer organisms
The rate of primary productivity
The wavelength of sunlight reaching the ecosystem
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Which of the following pair is a gaseous type of biogeochemical cycle?
Nitrogen and carbon cycle
Phosphorus and carbon cycle
Nitrogen and sulphur cycle
Sulphur and carbon cycle
In the phosphorus cycle, weathering makes phosphate available first to
Decomposers
Consumers
Producers
All of these
Which one of the following is a gaseous cycle?
Nitrogen cycle
Phosphorus cycle
Sulfur cycle
Rock cycle
Which of the following is NOT a major reservoir of phosphorus in the nutrient cycle?
Atmosphere
Rocks
Soil
Oceans
Human activities can significantly influence biogeochemical cycles. Which of the following human interventions has the GREATEST impact on accelerating the phosphorus cycle?
Deforestation and land clearing
Agricultural practices like tilling and fertilization
Discharge of untreated sewage into water bodies
Mining phosphate rock for fertilizer production
Sedimentary cycles are?
Sulphur
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Both 1 and 2
Which of the following is NOT a major reservoir for phosphorus in the nutrient cycle?
Atmosphere
Rocks
Sediments
Ocean
The reservoir for the gaseous type of biogeochemical cycle exists in
Stratosphere
Atmosphere
Ionosphere
Lithosphere
Which of the following processes does NOT contribute to the acceleration of the phosphorus cycle?
Mining phosphate rock
Using phosphate fertilizers
Deforestation
Composting
Which of the following accurately describes the role of ammonification in the nitrogen cycle?
Conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia by nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Conversion of ammonia into nitrites by nitrifying bacteria
Conversion of organic nitrogen into ammonia by decomposers
Conversion of nitrates into atmospheric nitrogen by denitrifying bacteria
