Biogeochem
Process of capturing gaseous and atmospheric carbon dioxide and storing it in a solid (biomass) or liquid (oil)
Carbon Sequestration
Organisms that are essential for the nitrogen cycle
Bacteria
Used to display typical temperature and precipitation patterns of a given location over a year
Climate Graph
Atmospheric conditions over a long period of time
Climate
the predictable change in a vegetation community over time.
Succession
Harmful agricultural practices that increase carbon
Heavy tillage, monocultures, draining wetlands
Uptake of nitrogen compounds by plant roots
Assimilation
Climate graph 200
Desert
The smallest cell of the Tricelluar Model that circulates cold air
Polar
This stage in primary succession consists fewer new species colonizing. Late colonizers shade out the early species. Complex food webs begin the develop and K-selected species are specialists
part of the cycle where there is a net accumulation of elements, meaning more of the element is absorbed or stored than released.
Carbon Sinks
Conversion of Nitrogen to ammonia
Nitrogen fixation (transformation)
Factors governing distribution of biomes
Insolation, Precipitation, Temperature
Hadley Cell
r strategists are better adapted to this specific succession stage
Produced from dead organic matter in anaerobic conditions
Methane
the process of turning nitrates back into atmospheric nitrogen. Occurs in waterlogged, anaerobic conditions.
denitrification
Climate Graph 400
Tropical Rainforest
The three general patterns of climate types
Tropical, Temperate, Polar
Factors influencing succession
Climate, soil properties, fire, weather, primary consumers, geomorphology
Examples of Inorganic Carbon Stores
Atmosphere, Soil, Oceans
large scale production of ammonia that is used in fertilizers
Human activities that are influencing the development of biomes (4)
Deforestation, Urbanization, Pollution, Agriculture
Represent the warm and cold stages of a repetitive climatic cycle spanning the tropical Pacific Ocean.
El Nino and La Nina
Shows number of animals or percentage cover for plants against distance along a transect
Kite Diagram