Comider a pond or tiver adfacent to a higpo iawn in Arrica. The water has phosgkate fincrganic phosphorinl dissolved into it. Which of the followine is a reasonule iwap by which that photghate got into the water? Worms on land decomposed hippo feces inte phospholipids. The phonpholiplds washed into the water and were fucd into phonphate by microbes The hippos eacreted proteins into the water ity defecation) which were decernposed into phosphate by bucteria. The hippos excreted nucle es acids into the water (by defecation) which were decompored info phoschate by bacteria. .