X Carbon cycleNitrogen cycle✔ Phosphorus cycle This nutrient is cycled between living things and the soil. Plants absorb this nutrient from the soil and turn it into organic compounds through assimilation. Animals eats the plants and pass the nutrient through the food chain from one organism to another. When the animal dies, it decomposes and returns the nutrient back to the soil. The nutrient can also enter the soil through weathering and erosion.
Step 1: Bacteria, through nitrogen fixation and nitrification, convert nitrogen into a usable form.Step 2Step 3✔ Step 4 The animal dies and decomposes, returning nitrogen back to the soil.
X Step 2Step 3Step 4 An animal eats a plant and the nitrogen becomes part of the animal’s proteins.
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