WATER
How many steps are there in the water cycles?
There are a total of 10 steps in the water cycle.
What is the main inorganic storage reservoir for carbon.
CO2
What type of bacteria are responsible for converting nitrogen gas into ammonia during nitrogen fixation?
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
where is most phosphorus stored?
within rocks and soil
Carbon Cycle vs Water Cycle
what's the difference??
For the carbon cycle, carbon only moves through the earth's atmosphere while the water cycle water moves through the atmosphere, bodies of water, and the earth's surface.
What is the first step of the water cycle where water falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface?
Precipitation
Why is carbon an important nutrient?
Because is it a part of all organic molecules
In the nitrogen cycle, what process returns nitrogen back to the atmosphere?
Nitrogen is returned to the atmosphere through denitrification
how is phosphorus returned to the soil?
Through decomposers.
What is the impact of the phosphorus cycle?
It affects the growth and development of plants and animals across the food chain
What is the process called when water moves through the soil?
Percolation is the process of water moving through the soil
What is the carbon cycle
The flow of carbon through all life systems.
What process in the nitrogen cycle converts atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by plants?
Nitrogen fixation
Why is phosphorus an essential nutrient?
Because it is a component of nucleic acids, ATP, and Membrane Phosphilipids.
What's the impact of the water cycle?
provides freshwater for all living organisms regulating weather patterns, influencing climate variability, and sustaining ecosystems
What happens to rainwater during the interception step of the water cycle?
Rainwater is taken in by the surface
In which step of the water cycle is carbon stored.
photosynthesis
What role do denitrifying bacteria play in the nitrogen cycle?
It converts nitrates and nitrites back into nitrogen gas
how does the phosphorus cycle through producers and consumers?
producers absorb it through the soil, and consumers obtain it through eating.
What's the impact of the nitrogen cycle?
Nutrient imbalance in trees, changes forest in health, and declines in biodiversity.
Why is surface runoff more common in areas with non-porous soils?
Non-porous soils allow less water to infiltrate, leading to more surface runoff.
In which biological step is carbon released?
Cellular respiration
What is the term for the process where ammonia is converted into nitrates and nitrites in the soil?
Nitrification
Mycorrhizal Fungi
What's the impact of the carbon cycle?
Warmer temperatures on Earth.