Hydrologic
Energy Source for the water cycle
What is the Sun?
All living (organic) matter is made up of this element.
What is CARBON?
These micro-organisms play an important role in the nitrogen cycle.
What are Bacteria?
Most phosphorus is stored in these.
What are rocks?
Rivers, lakes, oceans and groundwater all make up this sphere
What is the hydrosphere?
Rain, sleet, snow and hail are all...
What is precipitation?
This is a major store of carbon underground made from dead plants and animals from millions of years ago.
What are fossil fuels?
This is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This sphere plays a major role in the phosphorus cycle.
What is the geosphere?
This sphere extends from the Earth's crust to the mantle.
What is the Geosphere?
Two major processes in the hydrologic cycle.
What are evaporation and precipitation?
Two major processes involved in the carbon cycle
What are PHOTOSYNTHESIS and CELLULAR RESPIRATION?
Two major processes in the Nitrogen Cycle.
What are nitrogen-fixation and denitrification by bacteria?
Two major processes in the phosphorus cycle.
What are weathering and erosion?
This process occurs when water evaporates from the leaves of plants.
What is transpiration?
This process makes clouds.
What is condensation?
Respiration, burning fossil fuels and decay all add this gas to the atmosphere.
What is CARBON DIOXIDE?
Consumers are unable to use nitrogen gas from the atmosphere. How do they get the nitrogen they need?
This is how animals get the phosphorus they need.
What is EATING?
Water soaks through underground rocks into caves involves which sphere?
What is the hydrosphere?
When water runs over the land, this is called...
What is runoff?
What process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
What is PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
TRUE OR FALSE:
The nitrogen cycle differs from the carbon cycle because humans cannot influence the nitrogen cycle
What is FALSE?
*Humans create air pollution which leads to acid rain*
TRUE OR FALSE:
Humans disrupt the phosphorus cycle by overusing fertilizers.
What is TRUE?
This sphere is not involved in the phosphorus cycle.
What is the atmosphere?