What are the forms of precipitation?
rain, sleet, snow, and hail
Animals take in _______ and release _______
Take in oxygen, release carbon dioxide
What is the most abundant form of carbon in the atmosphere?
CO2; carbon dioxide
What is the most important organism within the nitrogen cycle?
Bacteria
In the carbon cycle, why are the gases called fossil fuels when an animal or plant dies?
What stage comes from plants?
Transpiration
Plants take in ______ and release _______
take in carbon, release oxygen
How are fossil fuels burned and produced back into the atmosphere?
Factories, car emissions, etc.
In Nitrogen fixation, nitrogen is "fixed" with what two elements
Oxygen and Hydrogen
What is the carbon cycle like in the ocean?
Virtually the same as the regular carbon cycle, just uses oceanic plants
Underground layers of rock that are saturated with water, and can be brought to the surface through natural springs or pumping.
What process do plants use to release oxygen?
Photosynthesis
How are fossil fuels created?
When animals and plants die/ decompose
What 3 factors can "fix" nitrogen?
Lightning, bacteria, and the Hagar Bosch (man-made fertilizers).
What does "Global Warming" mean?
The heating up of the earths atmosphere and surface to to the long-term effects of greenhouse gases.
What happens during the condensation stage?
Water vapor cools and forms clouds
What is the respiration equation?
C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy
What product do plants produce through photosynthesis?
Sugars/glucose; C6H12O6
Nitrification produces what two forms of nitrogen?
Nitrites and Nitrates, NO2 & NO3
What is the greenhouse effect?
the trapping of gases in Earth's atmosphere to prevent freezing
What are the five stages of evaporation?
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Accumulation, and Transpiration
What is the equation (formula) for photosynthesis?
6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2
What are the stages of the carbon cycle?
Atmosphere ----> plants ------> animals--------> fossil fuels--------> burning of fossil fuels
What are the 4 stages of the nitrogen cycle?
Nitrogen Fixation, Ammonification, Nitrification, and Denitrification
Melting snow from mountains becomes this?
Runoff, and turns into a river.