Energy
Chemical energy for living things comes in the form of _____________________
What ATP
What is the breaking down of rocks?
Erosion or weathering
This is the process in which plants turn sunlight into energy.
photosynthesis
What are 2 biological processes that return water to the atmosphere?
transpiration & cellular repiration
What is the acronym for the main essential elements of life
CHONP(S)
Name for the consumer who eats dead things?
Detrivore
Sedimentation (the coming together of fine particles) will turn phosphate soil into what?
Phosphate rock
This is the process of dead matter turning into simpler matter.
decomposition
What happens after evaporation in the water cycle?
Answer: condensation
Which macromolecule is also considered a sugar
Carbohydrates
This is the source of all energy in an ecological pyramid
The sun
How will trapped phosphorus in rocks be released?
By undergoing weathering.
This is the name for coals, crude oils, and natural gases that are made from buried, preserved remains of deceased organisms, that have extra stored carbon.
fossil fuels
What are the 3 major processes of the water cycle?
Answer: What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
What macromolecule is essential for muscle development?
What is a protein?
Where are carbon and nitrogen stores found?
Atmosphere
Where are phosphorus stores found?
rocks and Earth's crust
This is the way humans return carbon to the atmosphere.
cellular respiration
What is the cleanest water on Earth
Ground water
What macromolecule is considered to be used to convert food into energy?
Carbohydrates
What layer of the biosphere do we breathe in air from?
Atmosphere
Decomposition will turn dead phosphorus-containing plants and animals into what?
Rock
The pathway in which carbon moves through the compartments of the earth.
Carbon cycle
Describe the water cycle
Describes how water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises into the atmosphere, cools and condenses into rain or snow in clouds, and falls again to the surface as precipitation.
What essential elements are included in CHONPS
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur