Carbon Cycle
Do humans have an impact on the carbon cycle?
Yes, they have a very large impact and are slowly destroying it.
What Are Species?
Species is the set of living beings able to cross among themselves generating fertile offspring.
Whar are Consumers?
Consumers in a food chain are living creatures that eat organisms from a different population. First, it is necessary to understand these two classifications, heterotrophs and autotrophs, consumers and producers respectively. Heterotrophs are organisms that obtain energy from other living things.
Why is the atmosphere important to the water cycle?
The atmosphere is a crucial part of the water cycle. It is an important reservoir for water, and the source of precipitation. The atmosphere moderates Earth's temperature. Weather takes place in the atmosphere.
What Is The Difference Between Primary Ecological Succession And Secondary Ecological Succession?
Primary ecological succession is the changing sequence of communities from the first biological occupation of a place where previously there were no living beings. For example, the colonization and the following succession of communities are in a bare rock. Secondary ecological succession is the changing sequence of communities from the substitution of a community by a new one in a given place. For example, the ecological succession from the invasion of plants and animals are in an abandoned crop or land.
How do organism move carbon through the carbon cycle?
Respiration, decomposition, sedimentation, and photosynthesis.
What Is Population?
Population is the set of individuals of the same species found in a given place in a given time.
What is a food chain?
Food chain is the linear not branched sequence in which a living being serves as food for the other, from the producers until the decomposers.
Why Is The Sun The “motor” Of The Water Cycle?
The sun can be considered the motor of the water cycle because upon its energy the transformation of liquid water into water vapor depends. Therefore, the sun is the energy source that makes water to circulate in nature.
What Is Ecological Succession?
Ecological succession is the changing sequence of communities that live in a ecosystem during a given time period.
Where does all the carbon in organisms originate from?
Earth's atmosphere.
What is a community?
Community is the set of populations of living beings that live in the same region and interact with each other.
How is energy transferred along a food chain?
The energy flux along a food chain is always unidirectional, from the producers to the decomposers.
Is there a beginning or end to the water cycle?
No, there is not.
What is an ecological niche?
Ecological niche is the set of peculiar activities, resources, and strategies that a species explores to survive and reproduce.
What is a carbon footprint?
the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person or group.
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?
Biotic factors are all of the living beings in an environment and abiotic factors are all of the non-living things in an environment.
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
The chain concept is a model to study the energy flux in ecosystems. Actually, in an ecosystem the organisms are part of several interconnected food chains, forming a food web. This means, the chain is a linear sequence and the web is a more realistic representation of nature in which the food chains connect forming a web.
What is the most important step in the water cycle?
Of the many processes involved in the water cycle, the most important are evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. Although the total amount of water within the cycle remains essentially constant, its distribution among the various processes is continually changing.
What Is The Primary Energy Source For Life On Earth?
The primary energy source for life on earth is the sun. The sun plays the important role of keeping the planet warmed and it is the source of the luminous energy used in photosynthesis. This energy is converted into organic material by the photosynthetic autotrophic beings and consumed by the other living beings.
What kind of organism takes the most carbon from the atmosphere?
Plants.
What is biosphere?
Biosphere is the set of all of the ecosystems of the planet.
What are pirmary producers?
A primary producer converts an abiotic source of energy into energy stored in organic compounds, which can be used by other organisms.
Are humans affecting the water cycle?
Yes, they are.
What are fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels, like oil, gas, and coal, form when organic material is preserved from the complete action of decomposers, generally buried deep and under pressure during millions of years. Under such conditions, the organic material transforms into hydrocarbon fuels.
Fossil fuels are natural reservatory of carbon. When oxygen is present, these fuels can be burned and carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are released to the atmosphere.