Geography

Phosphorus cycle

Phosphorus cycle: Definition and description

1. Introduction A wide variety of organisms like plants, animals, and microorganisms live on Earth. All these organisms comprise mainly 6 elements viz. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus. there is a balanced cycle between the living and the nonliving world for all the elements. Thus all these elements rotate from the environment to

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Sulfur cycle

Sulfur cycle: Definition and description

Introduction Plants, animals, and various types of microorganisms are made up of different types of organic matter. These organic matters are necessary for survival the most important of these are hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon. Other essential elements include nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, etc. There are also various salts and basic elements that

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Darwin’s evolution theory

Darwin’s evolution theory or Darwinism

Introduction The word evolution comes from the Latin word evolvere. That means gradual development. Evolution refers to the process by which a simple organism evolves into a complex organism. The evolutionary process occurs slowly. At first, unicellular and simple organisms emerged on Earth. Evolution describes the emergence of more advanced and complex species from these

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Lamarck’s evolution theory

Lamarck’s evolution theory or Lamarckism

Introduction In 1809, the French biologist Lamarck published the first modern theory of evolution in his book ‘Philosophie Zoologique’. Lamarck’s evolution theory states that all the traits that an organism acquires by responding to changes in the environment are passed on from one generation to the next. According to Lamarck, although two plants of the

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