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Natural reservoir of phosphorus is

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Animal bones
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Rock
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Fossils
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Sea water
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Solution

The correct option is B Rock
Sedimentary rocks are the largest reservoir of the phosphorous .Phosphates are removed from the rocks (via weathering) and are distributed throughout both soils and water. Plants take up the phosphate ions from the soil. The phosphates then move from plants to animals when herbivores eat plants and carnivores eat plants or herbivores. The phosphates absorbed by animal tissue through consumption eventually returns to the soil through the excretion of urine and feces, as well as from the final decomposition of plants and animals after death. Hence option B is correct.

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