Water Cycle
Water falling to the earth from condensed clouds is known as this
What is precipitation.
Nitrogen is considered this because it can limit population growth.
Limiting nutrient
This cycle is considered the "most important" since it plays a role in the others.
Water cycle
The majority of the phosphorus in the world is stored in these
What is rocks.
This process allows plants to take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and get energy
What is photosynthesis.
One human activity that adversely affects the water cycle
Deforestation
Construction and farming in wet land
These little critters "fix" the nitrogen into a form that we can use
What is bacteria (either in the soil or in the roots of legumes).
This factor is a major disruptor of all of the biogeochemical cycles.
Humans
Phosphorus is used as a building block in these essential parts of life.
What is DNA
Carbon rock and rolls long-term through these processes.
Geologic Processes
This is how ocean/lake water returns to the atmosphere
What is evaporation.
Animals get most of the nitrogen they need through this process
What is "consuming plants or other animals that have the nitrogen".
This is the slowest biogeochemical cycle
Phosphorus cycle.
Phosphorus is an important component of these parts of living things.
DNA, membranes, and bones
Humans have contributed more carbon to the carbon cycle by doing this.
What is burning fossil fuels.
Of all the water on Earth, only this percent is available for use.
Less than 1%
Too much nitrogen can cause the death of aquatic organisms and create these in rivers and oceans
Dead Zones
This is a place where carbon is stored.
Atmosphere, rocks, soil, oceans
Herbivores and carnivores obtain phosphorus by this method
Herbivores eat plants and carnivores eat herbivores.
How herbivores and carnivores get the carbon that they need
consuming plants and/or animals that have carbon
This is where water cycles rapidly.
On the Earth's Surface
Nitrogen is used in the body to make these 2 things.
This shocking natural process also fixes atmospheric nitrogen
Lightning.
The source of phosphorus for living organisms
Sedimentary rocks or soil
Just breathe and don't break down, just name one of the two ways that carbon is released into the atmosphere using biological processes.
What is cellular respiration and decomposition