Water Cycle
What is H2O?
Water
The plants capture CO2 and they turn in sugar
Photosynthesis
Bacteria break down dead matter returning nitrogen to the soil
Decomposition
Any living thing, such as a plant, animal, or bacterium
Organism
The use of fertilizers adds way nitrogen to soil, creatin an imbalance
Fertilizers
Water falls to earth as a liquid
Precipitation
the oxygen turns into CO2
Cellular respiration
Bacteria in the soil or water convert nitrogen into forms that plants can use
Nitrogen fixation
A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.
Population
Deforestation is equal to less...
Transpiration
Water rises back into the atmosphere as water vapor from plant
Transpiration
What's the chemical formula of Carbon in the atmosphere?
CO2
What is the most important living organism for the nitrogen cycle?
Bacteria
The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment
Ecology
What's the process called when using coal or fossil fuels as a source of energy?
Combustion
Liquid water that isn't infiltrated runs along the surface
Runoff
IN how many macromolecules is carbon found
All of them
How is the nitrogen cycle different to other geochemical cycles?
Needs help from living organisms
The part of Earth where life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
Biosphere
increases runoff
Paving / Building / Development
Sun heats liquid water to vapor and it rises to the atmosphere
Evaporation
Carbon is the basis of...
All life
What is process of bacteria turning protein into ammonia in the soil?
The scientific system of classifying and naming living organisms
Taxonomy
When a body of water becomes overly enriched with nutrients, causing to much algae
Eutrophication