Carbon cycle
The process of eating
Feeding
What are 2 of the stages from the water cycle
Evaporation and condensation
What is nitrogen used in?
Fertilizer
Where does phosphorus enter through the atmosphere?
Volcanic aerosloes
What is the Sulfur cycle
The sulfur cycle is a biogeochemical cycle in which the sulfur moves between rocks, waterways and living systems
What is photosynthesis?
The process where a plant takes in CO2 and gives O2
What is precipitation?
Any form of water or liquid that comes from the clouds
Where does nitrogen rank in abundant elements
5th
Is the phosphorus cycle slow?
Yes
What releases Sulfur into the atmosphere
Burning fossil fuels
Burning fuel + O2 = ?
Energy
What is a form of precipitation?
Rain, hail, snow and sleet
Is nitrogen orderless and colourless?
Yes
What is the phosphorus cycle
The phosphorus cycle is a vital biogeochemical cycle that plays a crucial role in the Earth’s ecosystem.
What is Sulfur?
A nonmetallic chemical element
what is decompostation?
The process of breaking down a material
What is evaporation?
The process of turning liquid into vapour
What happenes when you have too much nitrogen?
You can get sick
Who discovered phosphorous?
Hennig Brand in 1669
Plants absorb Sulfur in what form?
In the form of amino acids such as methionine, cystine
how is decomposition stored
decomposed is stored as carbon compounds in dead organism.
How long ago did the water cycle begin
3.8 billion years ago when the ocean
Where is the largest source of nitrogen on earth found
The atmosphere
Five steps from the phosphorus cycle
Weathering, mineralisation by plants, assimilation by animals, decomposition by microorganism and geological uplift by tectonic movements
Sulfur makes up which essential compound in living organisms?
Proteins an vitamins