Question

Read the given statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1: Major reservoirs of phosphorus are phosphate rocks and fossil bone deposits laid down in the past geological ages.
Statement 2: During weathring of rocks, minute amounts of these phosphates dissolve in soil solution and are absorbed by the roots of the plants.
A. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.
B. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.
C. Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.
D. Both statement 1 and 2 are incorrect.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - A
The major reservoir pool of phosphate ios rocks and fossil bone deposits laid down in past. Phosphate is component of nucleic acids, biomembrances, etc., and body structures of shells, bones and teeth. Its cyling pool is soil for terrestrial system and water for aquatic system. Smalll amount of phosphate is added through weathering of rocks.