Carbon Cycle
Photosynthesis.
What process do plants use to make sugar and oxygan?
Precipitation
What is water falling to the ground?
78%
Man-made pollution
What is a source of phosphorus?
The Ocean
What is the main regulator of CO2 in the atmosphere?
Evaporation
What is water turning from liquid to gas form.
Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria
What is bacteria who can use nitrogen in our atmosphere to fix it so other organisms can benefit?
Phosphorus
What is an essential nutrient for life, found mostly in rocks and minerals?
Greenhouse effect
What is too much CO2 in the atmosphere?
Water
What is two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom?
Proteins
What is it that higher organisms Use nitrogen to make?
Water basins
What can some of the phosphorus in soils be washe into?
Volcanoes
What is a natural source of CO2?
Condensation
What is the change from gas to liquid form of water?
Nitrogen
What is the most abundant element in our atmosphere?
Soil and plants
What does phosphorus move between?
6CO2 + 6H2O = C6H12O6 + 6O2
What is the photosynthesis equation?
Water Cycle
What is the continuous circulation of water in the earth’s atmosphere?
Denitrification bacteria
What is bacteria that can break down ammonia into the gaseous form of nitrogen?
Overgrowth
What is too much phosphorus in water leads plants to do?