The diagram below models part of the phosphorus cycle. Use the diagram to answer any questions that follow.
How is phosphorus transferred between animals and soil at N?
a
Consumers exhale it as a gas that is fixed by bacteria in the soil.
b
When animals move, it is released into the soil.
c
When heavy winds blow, it is eroded off of living things.
d
Decomposers break it down from wastes and dead animals.
d
Decomposers break it down from wastes and dead animals.