Why is phosphorus important to living organisms?

phosphorus is needed in living organisms mainly because it is neccesary for nucleotides and ATP. Plants assimilate phosphorous from the environment and then convert and change it from inorganic phosphorous to organic phosphorous. Phosphorous can be transfered to other organisms when they consume the plants and algae! I certainly hope this helps :)

The answer to this will be from your lab notes/procedure. it would be best to ask another student who participated in the lab as we do not know what was done, what enzyme or if the temperature is celsius or fahrenheit. if i were to guess though i'd say the rate stopped due to enzyme denturing at high temperature