Fill in the blanks, in the following simplified model of a nutrient cycle
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
(a) | Producers | Detritus | Soil solution | Decom position | Weather -ing |
(b) | Producers | Detritus | Soil solution | Weathering | Decom -position |
(c) | Producers | Soil solution | Detritus | Decom position | Weathe -ring |
(d) | Producers | Soil solution | Detritus | Weathering | Decom -position |
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In a nutrient cycle:
• Producers take nutrients from soil and are eaten by consumers.
• Dead organic matter becomes detritus.
• Decomposition converts detritus into nutrients.
• Nutrients enter the soil solution.
• Weathering of rock minerals adds more nutrients to the soil.
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