Water Cycle
This occurs when liquid water turns to gas.
The oxygen cycle continuously moves oxygen throughout the ________________.
BIOSPHERE
Carbon is echanged and released into the atmosphere by way of...?
PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION
True or false: Peanuts can conduct nitrogen fixation.
TRUE
The phosphorus cycle is made possible by plants absorbing phosphorus through their _____.
ROOTS
The water cycle is also called the _____________ cycle.
HYDROLOGIC
Oxygen released into the air by plants is called
ATOMPSPHERIC O2
_________ capture carbon from the atmosphere and use it for photosynthesis.
PRODUCERS
THIS weather event is an abiotic nitrogen fixation mechanism
LIGHTNING
Phosphorus can be captured through water via _________.
ALGAE
Rain, snow, hail, and sleet are examples of _______________.
PRECIPITATION
The oxygen cycle begins during _____________.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
THIS occurs when oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
OCEAN UPTAKE
The nitrogen cycle moves nitrogen among what FOUR regions on earth?
The phosphorus cycle is completed when _________ consume plants, convert and release phosphorus through manure.
ANIMALS
This occurs when water from precipitation moves UNDERGROUND.
SUBSURFACE RUNOFF
Name one of the sources of atomospheric CO2
ANIMAL RESPIRATION
DECAY OF PLANT AND ANIMALS
BIOMASS COMBUSTION
FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION
True or false: Producers AND consumers release carbon dioxide during respiration.
TRUE
Name a source of organic phosphorus:
MICROBIAL, PLANT RESIDUES, HUMUS
TRANSPIRATION
What is absorbed ("uptaken") by plants during the oxygen cycle?
CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
What is the source for fossils and fossil fuels in the carbon cycle?
Dead organisms and waste product
In the nitrogen cycle, nitrogen is passed from nitrogen fixing bacteria to _________.
Nitrifying bacteria
Phosphorus enters soil through dust and mineral __________.
FERTILIZERS