How is phosphorus transferred between soil and animals in box M?

a
Animals use the phosphorus in the soil for key nutrients
b
Plants cannot use the phosphorus in the soil, so they die, and the phosphorus goes back into the soil
c
Plants use the phosphorus in the soil to grow and animals eat the plants to get the phosphorus
d
Consumers in the soil exhale phosphorus as a gas that is absorbed through the leaves of plants

c

Plants use the phosphorus in the soil to grow and animals eat the plants to get the phosphorus.