CHNOPS
What is carbon?
The main building bloc of living organism.
What is evaporation?
Liquid turns into water vapor
What is runoff?
The process for water flow flows over the land into rivers and lakes
What is the carbon cycle?
The movement of carbon through living things and the environment
What is hydrogen?
Part of water and helps cells functio.
What is condensation?
Water vapor forms clouds
What is ground water?
Water stored underground in rock layers
What is the nitrogen cycle?
The movement of nitrogen through ecosystems
What is oxygen?
Needed for breathing and en release.
What is precipitation?
Rainfall from clouds
What is an aquifer
A layer of rock that holds ground water
What is nitrogen fixation?
The process of changing nitrogen gas into unstable, nitrogen, poundsS
What is nitrogen?
Helps make proteins
What is transpiration?
Water releasing into the air plants
What is a biogeochemical cycle
A cycle where elements move through living and nonliving parts of earth
What is an exchange? pool
A place in a cycle where matter is stored for a short time
What is phosphorus
How to make ATP and store energy
What is infiltration
Water is soaking into the ground
What is a closed system
Earth is called this type of system because it does not gain or lose much matter
What is a reservoir?
A place where matter is stored for a long time