How Is The Carbon Cycle Important To Living Organisms?

Carbon is the most vital element for living beings, because all living organisms are constructed from
compounds of carbon. Importance of the carbon cycle The carbon cycle is important in ecosystems because it moves carbon, a life-sustaining element, from the atmosphere and oceans into organisms and back again to the atmosphere and oceans. If the balance between these latter two reservoirs is upset, serious consequences, such as global warming and climate disruption, may result. Scientists are currently looking into ways in which humans can use other, noncarbon containing fuels for energy. Nuclear power, solar power, wind power, and water power are a few alternative energy sources that are being investigated.
How is the carbon cycle important to living organisms?

Plants need carbon for photosynthesis which later produces oxygen by breaking down water molecules. The oxygen released allows for the respiratory system in animals to function. So the carbon cycle allows for all organisms to live and thus is VERY important for the natural balance of things to remain and have a constant homeostasis.
Phosphorus cycle
The phosphorus cycle is the biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Unlike many other biogeochemical cycles, the atmosphere does not play a significant role in the movement of phosphorus, because phosphorus and phosphorus-based compounds are usually solids at the typical ranges of temperature and pressure found on Earth. The production of phosphine gas occurs only in specialized, local conditions.
MAIN FUNCTIONS OF PHOSPHORUS IN LIVING ORGANISMS ARE
1 MANUFACTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS DNA AND RNA , PROTEINS, ENZYMES AND CARBOHYDRATES 2 IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENERGY TRANSFER AND STORAGE THROUGH ATP
3 FORMATION OF SEEDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ROOTS
4 ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT GROWTH AND HEALTH
5 INCREASE TOLERANCE ( RESIST STRESSES )
6 SPEEDS UP PLANT MATURITY
7 ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS 8 FORMATION OF SUGARS AND STARCHES 9 FRUIT QUALITY AND DISEASE RESISITANCE
PHOSPHORUS CYCLE: FUNCTIONS IN LIVING ORGANISMS: Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plants and animals in the form of ions PO43- and HPO42-. It is a part of DNA-molecules, of molecules that store energy (ATP and ADP) and of fats of cell membranes. Phosphorus is also a building block of certain parts of the human and animal body, such as the bones and teeth. Phosphorus can be found on earth in water, soil and sediments. Unlike the compounds of other matter cycles phosphorus cannot be found in air in the gaseous state. This is because phosphorus is usually liquid at normal temperatures and pressures. It is mainly cycling through water, soil and sediments. In the atmosphere phosphorus can mainly be found as very small dust particles. Phosphorus moves slowly from deposits on land and in sediments, to living organisms, and than much more slowly back into the soil and water sediment. The phosphorus cycle is the slowest one of the matter cycles that are described here. Phosphorus is most commonly found in rock formations and ocean sediments as phosphate salts. Phosphate salts that are released from rocks through weathering usually dissolve in soil water and will be absorbed by plants. Because the quantities of phosphorus in soil are generally small, it is often the limiting factor for plant growth. That is why humans often apply phosphate fertilizers on farmland. Phosphates are also limiting factors for plant-growth in marine ecosystems, because they are not very water-soluble. Animals absorb phosphates by eating plants or plant-eating animals. Phosphorus cycles through plants and animals much faster than it does through rocks and sediments. When animals and plants die, phosphates will return to the soils or oceans again during decay. After that, phosphorus will end up in sediments or rock formations again, remaining there for millions of years. Eventually, phosphorus is released again through weathering and the cycle starts over.
Water cycle The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle or the H2O cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.
Importance of it to living things
It ensures a continuous supply of water on Earth.

Required for solubilization of chemicals and several biochemical reactions like hydrolytic digestion of polymeric nutrients, photosynthesis, etc. ii) Important for the working of macromolecules, as a good ionizer, transport of materials, etc. iii) Acts as a habitat for hydropyhtic and aquatic animals and as an agent of geological change. iv) Acts as an agent of energy transfer and use. Water is a tremendous factor in neutralising heat radiations of sunlight, so also acts as a 'temperature buffer'.

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Carbon is the most vital element for living beings, because all living organisms are constructed from

How is the carbon cycle important to living organisms?

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF PHOSPHORUS IN LIVING ORGANISMS ARE

3 FORMATION OF SEEDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ROOTS

4 ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT GROWTH AND HEALTH

5 INCREASE TOLERANCE ( RESIST STRESSES )

6 SPEEDS UP PLANT MATURITY

Importance of it to living things

It ensures a continuous supply of water on Earth.

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