Combined Science GCSE
Mineral ion cycling
What Mineral ion cycling means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Mineral ion cycling
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The release of mineral ions such as nitrate ions into the soil when microorganisms break down nitrogen-containing compounds, where plants absorb them through their roots.
Topics that use Mineral ion cycling
- How materials are cycled (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Carbon cycle
- Changes of state
- Combustion
- Cycles maintaining supplies for life
- Cycling of matter
- decomposers
- Decomposition
- finite
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