Atom Story

Atom Story

My name is Peter, I am a phosphorus atom. I live in a rock under the ocean with my other phosphorus atoms that I encounter daily. All of us make phosphate salt that is transferred under water into soil. (1^st transfer, phosphate salt -> soil) after we go through ocean we come out in soil. It is a quick process because the plants in the soil will quickly absorb us. (2^nd transfer soil -> plants) We are then transferred to plants. It is hard to maintain atom here because there isn’t much water. (3^rd transfer plants -> animals) the animals then eat the plants and the phosphate is then transferred into them, this part takes a bit. The phosphate atoms must wait until the animal dies to start the next cycle. When the animal dies, the phosphate drifts into the water to start the next cycle. (4^th transfer animal -> water) We are almost back where we started, in the rocks. We are floating through the ocean till we find a rock that has phosphate salt on it and we transfer onto there. (5^th transfer ocean -> rock) We have completed the full phosphate cycle and we continue this until we can’t anymore.

 

My name is Carlos, and I’m a carbon atom. Most of the time I’m hanging out in the earth’s atmosphere, they call me carbon dioxide. soon enough I’ll get absorbed by some plants (1^st phase air -> plants). once the plants absorb us, they use us for photosynthesis by using the carbohydrates within us. (2^nd phase plants -> energy) the sun’s energy is then used to feed the plants. (3^rd phase energy -> carbon) once the plant has gained enough carbon, (4^th phase carbon ->animals) the animals then eat the animal and when they die the energy carbon is put back in the air (5^th phase animals -> air)

 

Hi I’m Nigel, I’m a nitrogen atom. I’m mostly in the atmosphere with the rest of the nitrogen atoms. since I am currently in my Gas Form, I won’t be used by any living organisms on earth. in-order for me to be useful, I must be brought by bacteria from the atmosphere (1^st phase atmosphere -> bacteria) to earth where I will be given to plants for them to consume (2^nd phase bacteria ->plants). Once that has happened, the plants will be eaten by the animals, (3^rd phase plants -> animals) the animals will then dispose of me through feces or other waste (4^th phase animal -> feces) Then I will be brought back to the soil and atmosphere, thus the cycle repeats itself. (5^th phase feces -> atmosphere)