Step 1: Plants absorb phosphates in the soil and turn them into organic compounds through assimilation
Animals eat these plants and pass the phosphorus through the food chain.
An animal dies and decays, returning the phosphorus to the soil, and the cycle repeats.

To store strawberries in sugar syrup, lucy placed them in a jar and covered them with sugar but did not add any water. do you think syrup will be formed? justify. a. no. since water is not added, there cannot be any syrup formation. b. no. the higher concentration of sugar on the outside will cause the water from the sugar to diffuse in the strawberry cells causing them to swell without formation of any syrup. c. yes. the higher concentration of sugar on the outside will cause the water from the strawberry to diffuse out resulting in syrup formation. d. yes. the sugar will melt over time and form the syrup.