Earth Spheres
Includes only the Non-living soil, rocks and minerals that makes up the land on Earth
Geosphere
The four types of precipitation are:
1. Rain
2. Snow
3. Sleet
4. Hail
The two products of photosynthesis.
What are Sugars and oxygen?
Nitrogen in the atmosphere
N2
Process by which sunlight is converted into glucose
Photosynthesis
Includes all the WATER on Earth including rivers, lakes, oceans and glaciers.
Hydrosphere
What are the two ways in which water rises into the atmosphere
1. Evaporation
2. Transpiration
These organisms are responsible for decomposition
What are fungi and bacteria?
Uptake of nitrates from the soil by the roots of plants
Assimilation
Glucose is broken down in the mitochondria to create energy.
Cellular Respiration
Includes the LIVING plants and animals in the many BIOMEs on Earth
Biosphere
The scientific name for the water cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
This occurs in all plants and animals
What is respiration?
Converting nitrate into nitrogen gas
Denitrification
Photosynthesis occurs in the
Chloroplast
Includes all of the gases on the plant.
Atmosphere
What phenomenon occurs when clouds form and the temperature drops?
Condensation
The burning of fossil fuels
What is combustion?
Converting nitrogen gas to ammonia
What is Nitrogen fixation?
Water, carbon dioxide, and ATP are products of....
Cellular Respiration
The definition of biogeochemical cycles
Any natural pathway by which essential elements of living matter are circulated.
The underground lake/rivers.
What are aquifers/groundwater?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The definition of Fossil Fuels and where they are used.
Converting NH2 into ammonia
Ammonification
Carbon dioxide, water and sunlight are reactants of...
Photosynthesis