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ISBN: 9780073402437

Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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The chemical nutrients that are essential for the synthesis of living matter are taken from the physical environment. After the death and decomposition of living organisms, they are returned to the environment to be used over and again. This cyclic back …

Biosphere

The geologist Eduard Sues coined the term biosphere. The biosphere is characterized as a part of the earth, which includes ground and air. Moreover, the organisms on earth live in the biosphere. The biosphere is a confined area on the earth's surface whe…

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Chapter 24.2, Problem 7AYP

List five important elements of biogeochemical cycles.

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Microbiology: A Systems Approach

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