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A biogeochemical cycle without an atmospheric component is

A. Sulphur

B. Nitrogen

C. Phosphorus

D. Oxygen

Answer: Option C

Solution (By Examveda Team)

A biogeochemical cycle without an atmospheric component is Phosphorus.
A biogeochemical cycle is the pathway by which a chemical substance cycles the biotic and the abiotic compartments of Earth.
The six most common elements associated with organic molecules like carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulphur take a variety of chemical forms and may exist for long periods in the atmosphere, on land, in water, or beneath the Earth's surface.
Phosphorus is used to make nucleic acids and the phospholipids that comprise biological membranes.

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