Carbon Cycle
Carbon Cycle is based on this type of gas
CO2 gas
Which two things power the water cycle?
Sunlight & Gravity
The form of nitrogen that can be found in the atmosphere, and can’t be used by plants/animals is (name AND formula)
Nitrogen gas N2
The phosphorus cycle is the only cycle that does not cycle nutrients through the
Atmosphere
The sulfur compound that is emitted during the burning of fossil fuels or volcano eruptions is known as
Sulfur Dioxide SO2
This is the largest energy storage for the Carbon Cycle
What is Sedimentary Rocks
Water in its gas form forming clouds in that atmosphere is known as this stage of the water cycle. This stage precedes precipitation.
Condensation
how humans get the nitrogen they need
Digesting plants and animals
Phosphorus is stored in three places. What are they?
Water (ocean), rocks, and soil
Sulfur is primarily found on Earth in (two places)
Rocks & Ocean
These TWO human impacts are largely disrupting the Carbon Cycle by causing a massive accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere.
**must get both for points!**
What is burning fossil fuels and deforestation
When groundwater is pumped from a well, it is replaced by which two processes (directly)?
- Hint – think about how water gets into the soil
Infiltration and percolation
The form of nitrogen that is taken up by plants is (provide name and formula
Nitrate NO3
The formula and name of phosphate that is formed in nature is
Phosphate, PO4
Organisms use sulfur to make
Proteins, cell membrane, sugar
Carbon can be removed from the atmosphere through this process
What is Photosynthesis
What processes in the water cycle work AGAINST gravity? (there are 2)
Evaporation, transpiration
In the process of _______________ ammonia (NH4) is converted to toxic nitrite (NO2) and then to usable nitrate (NO3)
Nitrification
The largest reservoir of phosphorus is
sedimentary rocks
Sulfur is converted to this when it comes into contact with the atmosphere
Sulfate SO4
carbon is so important for this reason
It is able to form bonds with other atoms and itself making able to move from place to place
The majority of the FRESHWATER on earth is located here
Ice caps and glaciers
During __________________, excess nitrate is converted to nitrogen gas
Denitrification
Phosphorus can get into water reservoirs through this
Runoff
The three forms of sulfur in the sulfur cycle are (formulas and names)
SO4 (sulfate), SO2 (sulfur dioxide), H2SO4 (sulfuric acid)