Question

Imagine you are a water molecule, carbon atom, or nitrogen atom that is inside a cow. Write a brief explanation of how you got from the atmosphere (the air) into the biosphere (the living cow). *

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The processes involved in each of the molecules involved are different.

For example, water molecules that have condensed in the atmosphere (in the cloud) return back to the earth through precipitation in the form of rain water. These cows drink these water from various water bodies around them. This is one process in which water molecules move from the atmosphere into the living cow.

In the case of carbon and nitrogen atoms; the air the cow breath in consists of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and some other gases. These gas molecules move (from the atmosphere) into the cow through the process of respiration.