Carbon Cycle
Plants use CO2 in this process to make sugar and oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
the type of water cycle
What is biogeochemical?
Our atmosphere has 78% of this
what is nitrogen?
phosphorus is contained in these
What are rocks and minerals?
Animals use oxygen in the this process to make more CO2
What is respiration?
How humans effect the water cycle
What is hurts water quality and degrades habitats?
Bacteria creates these two products
What are ammonia and nitrate?
Phosphorus moves between these which are eaten by animals
What are soil and plants?
Too much of CO2 can lead to this effect
What is greenhouse?
The three steps to the water cycle
What are evaporatio, condensatio, and precipitatio?
Type of bacteria that breaks down ammonia into nitrogen
What is denitrification?
The source of phosphorus in water that is man-made
What is pollution?
The main regulator of CO2
What is the ocean?
Water cycles main role
What is providing water for animals and humans?
N2 is turned into this and that is applied to crops
What is fertilizer?
Too much phosphorus leads to this
What is plant overgrowth?
More of CO2 is released because of this
What are burning fossil fuels?
The energy source for the water cycle
What is the sun?
N2 is taken up by these producers
What is primary?
Phosphorus is often limiting this in ecosystems
What are nutrients?