Photosynthesis
the products of photosynthesis
What is glucose and oxygen?
the products of respiration
What is Carbon Dioxide & Water?
the process plants and animals go through to add carbon to the atmosphere
What is respiration?
the percentage of the atmosphere that is nitrogen
What is 78%?
the process where water falls back to earth
What is precipitation?
the reactants of photosynthesis
What is Carbon Dioxide, Water, & Sunlight?
the reactants of respiration
What is Oxygen, ATP, & Glucose?0
the burning of fossil fuels that puts carbon into the atmosphere
What is combustion?
the reduction of nitrates by bacteria that results in the escape of nitrogen into the air
What is denitrification?
the process where water (liquid) turns into water vapor (gas)
What is evaporation?
the location of photosynthesis
What is the chloroplast?
the location of respiration
What is the mitochondria?
reserves deep in the ground of carbon; can be mined out for fuel
What is fossil fuel deposits?
what nitrogen is converted back to by decomposers after an animal dies or defecates
What is nitrites?
the process where water vapor (gas) turns into water droplets (liquid)
What is condensation?
green pigment in plants
What is Chlorophyll?
name of energy used in respiration
What is ATP?
carbonate sedimentary rock that stores carbon
What is limestone?
What is nitrification?
water that flows over land and into bodies of water
What is runoff?
the source of energy for photosynthesis
What is sunlight?
the source of energy for respiration
What is Glucose?
the process that removes carbon from limestone and returns it to the atmosphere and ocean
What is erosion?
the process where free nitrogen is converted into a usable form
What is nitrogen fixation?
the release of water vapor from plants
What is transpiration?