front 1 Biogeochemical cycle | back 1 a process that recycles elements and other matter through the biosphere |
front 2 Cycles rely on biological chemical, and geological _______ | back 2 processes. |
front 3 An example of a biological process might be | back 3 Photosynthesis |
front 4 An example of a chemical process might be | back 4 evaporation |
front 5 a geological process could be the | back 5 eruption of a volcano. |
front 6 Types of Biogeochemical Cycles include: | back 6 Water cycle Nutrient cycles |
front 7 Nutrient cycles | back 7 chemical substances that an organism requires in order to live |
front 8 Nutrient cycles include | back 8 Carbon cycle, Nitrogen cycle, and Phosphorus cycle. (The most important cycles for the process of life) |
front 9 The first step in the Water cycle is Evaporation: Evaporating is when a liquid changes into a | back 9 gaseous form. |
front 10 When the water evaporates, its going to | back 10 float up to the air |
front 11 The second step in the Water cycle is Condensation: | back 11 the water molecule will condense with other molecules. |
front 12 The third step is Precipitation. This means that | back 12 any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth |
front 13 The forth step is Reservoirs which means | back 13 a component of the biosphere that serves as a long-time storage area for water on nutrients. This includes the Atmosphere, ice, snow, groundwater, lakes, ponds, oceans, |
front 14 The fifth step is Transpiration which means | back 14 The process by which water enters the atmosphere by evaporating from the leaves of plants. |
front 15 In Transpiration, the water will go up through the plants and be released | back 15 through the structures called stomata, into the air. |
front 16 The carbon cycle starts with | back 16 photosynthesis |
front 17 Let's refer to the carbon cycle. So if you're an atom in the atmosphere, you can end up being incorporated | back 17 as carbon dioxide into plants. Plants use carbon dioxide during photosynthesis to produce carbohydrates. |
front 18 Sugars link together, | back 18 form starches |
front 19 Both sugars and starches are | back 19 carbohydrates |
front 20 The sixth step is Respiration which is | back 20 how we're going to get that carbon dioxide back out in the atmosphere |
front 21 Anything that lives breaks down sugars for energy. So plants and animals both | back 21 respire or carry out respiration. And they produce, as a waste product, carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is released back into the atmosphere. |
front 22 Decomposition is another way to help recycle | back 22 carbon dioxide through the biosphere. When plants or animals, which are primarily made of carbon, end up dying, their remains are actually decomposed-- that means broken down-- by other organisms in the biosphere. |
front 23 There are reserves of the carbon cycle. By and large, most carbon is contained in the | back 23 atmosphere as carbon dioxide. |
front 24 Reserves of the carbon cycle, In the ocean it's | back 24 dissolved, |
front 25 gas, oil, and coal are all | back 25 fossil fuels that are by and large made out of carbon. So there's your fossil fuels again. These end up being used by industry and a lot more carbon dioxide |
front 26 Nitrogen gas is the most abundant | back 26 gas in the atmosphere. All living things need nitrogen to build proteins, |
front 27 but most living things cannot get their nitrogen directly from the atmosphere. | back 27
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front 28 And either free living soil bacteria or bacteria associated with root nodules of certain plants can take the N2 and convert that into | back 28 ammonia and ammonium. Some plants can use ammonia and ammonium directly. |
front 29 Most plants rely on nitrification. In nitrification bacteria convert the ammonia and ammonium into | back 29 nitrates and nitrites |
front 30 Plants can use these compounds in a process called | back 30 In assimilation, the nitrogen compounds are taken up through the plant's roots, broken down, and used to build plant proteins. |
front 31 Animals then eat the plants and get their | back 31 no data |