Biosphere
What is the biosphere?
all living things on the planet
What is the geosphere?
The minerals, rocks, and soil from the surface to the core of the Earth.
What is the hydrosphere?
All water above, on, and below Earth's surface.
What is the atmosphere?
Layer of air that surrounds the Earth
The resource that restricts growth. For example: Algae in the bay can't grow much because it doesn't have enough biological nitrogen
limiting nutrient, limiting factor
When plants grow they move carbon from _____ to the ________
atmosphere to the biosphere
One example of carbon in the geosphere
soil, rocks, fossil fuels
One example of carbon in the hydrosphere
dissolved carbon dioxide
One way carbon moves from the atmosphere to the biosphere
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Animals get carbon by _____
eating plants or other animals
Carbon in the geosphere got stuck in ____ until humans started burning them.
fossil fuels
Carbon from the hydrosphere can move to _____
geosphere, atmosphere, or biosphere
Burning fossil fuels ______ carbon in the atmosphere
increases
The sphere where most carbon on Earth is
geosphere
When plants and animals die carbon is moved from _____ to _____
biosphere to geosphere (or atmosphere)
When volcanos erupt carbon is moved from _____ to ______
geosphere to atmosphere
The place most photosynthesis happens is the ______
hydrosphere, ocean
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
One way humans are altering the carbon cycle?
moving carbon into the atmosphere, burning fossil fuels, clearing land (cutting down trees/plants)
Process by which organisms use energy and release carbon into the atmosphere
cellular respiration (respiration)
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Carbon in the water turns the water more _____
acidic
One way carbon moves from the atmosphere to the hydrosphere
dissolves
One way the Earth's ecosystems are changing as a result of human activity.
Heating up (global warming/climate change), ocean acidification, habitat loss