Carbon Cycle
This is a process in the carbon cycle driven by fire
combustion
This metabolic process creates water as a byproduct that is later released by the organism back into the environment
cellular respiration
This step involves breaking down nitrogen into useable forms by bacteria
nitrogen fixation
Which layer of earth is semi solid and fueled by convection currents?
mantle; asthenosphere
Which factor greatly influences the development of local climates in coastal areas?
proximity to bodies of water
This is the form carbon takes before it is broken apart during photosynthesis
carbon dioxide
Name a biotic reservoir for water
plants, cells, animals
This step in the nitrogen cycle involves plants and animals absorbing nitrogen into their tissues after the nitrogen has been fixed into a useable form by nitrifying bacteria.
assimilation
The lithosphere can also be called the
crust
In an open system _________ and ______ are exchanged with the surrounding systems.
matter and energy
What is one example of a significant living reservoir in the carbon cycle?
Plants, animals
Which water cycle process describes water moving over land surfaces to bodies of water?
runoff
Name an abiotic reservoir for the nitrogen cycle
atmosphere
The outer core contributes to which earth process?
magnetic field
This biome is found near the equator and is characterised by a climate that is hot and rainy
Tropical
This reservoir contains the largest amounts of carbon
the ocean
This step of the water cycle involves precipitation leaching into the ground and being held in the substrate
infiltration
Which process in the nitrogen cycle converts nitrate back to nitrogen gas?
Denitrification
This creates boundaries for continents
continental plates
This biome is characterised by a climate that is dry, cold, and found at the poles of the earth, far from the equator.
Tundra
This process releases carbon dioxide during metabolic activities
cellular respiration
This is a step in the water cycle where water molecules are stimulated by energy and change states of matter to form water vapor.
evaporation
Name a biotic reservoir for the nitrogen cycle
plants
This is a process where one tectonic plate moves underneath another, like a conveyor belt
subduction
This determines temperature in climates due to elevation above sea level, rather than latitude
altitude