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Water Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
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Phosphorus Cycle
Carbon Cycle
100
Water falling to the earth from condensed clouds is known as what?
What is precipitation.
100

Which form of nitrogen do plants and organisms use?

What is "nitrate (NO3)".

100

True or False: We have the same amount of water on Earth today as we did millions of years ago

What is "False"; the amount of matter is transformed, not used up or created (Conservation of Matter)

100
The majority of the phosphorus in the world is stored in what?
What is rocks.
100
Which biological process do plants use to take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and get energy?
What is photosynthesis.
200
Once that water falls to the other, what is it considered?
What is groundwater.
200

Which step of the nitrogen cycle is CRITICAL for nitrogen to cycle to living organisms?

What is nitrogen fixation

200

Biogeochemical cycling allows nutrients to be exchanged between what factors of an ecosystem?

What is biotic and abiotic

200
Phosphorus is used not only in energy and in cell processes (like enzymes and transport), but also in what?
What is forming DNA and RNA.
200
Name two ways that carbon is released into the atmosphere using biological processes?
What is cellular respiration and decomposition.
300
How does ocean/lake water return to the atmosphere?
What is evaporation.
300
Animals get most of the nitrogen they need by what?
What is "consuming plants or other animals that have the nitrogen".
300
The amount of nutrients (such as nitrogen, oxygen, etc.) within an ecosystem is known as what?
What is nutrient availability.
300
What must happen to the rock in order for plants to absorb the phosphorus within them?
What is break down into soil.
300
Humans have contributed more carbon to the carbon cycle by doing what?
What is burning fossil fuels.
400
Which process within the water cycle is considered "biological"?
What is transpiration.
400

What are the three main steps of the nitrogen cycle?

What is nitrogen fixation, nitrification, and denitrification

400

What are the two processes that drive the Carbon Cycle?

What is Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

400
Herbivores and carnivores obtain phosphorus by doing what?
What is "consuming plants and/or animals that have phosphorus".
400
How do herbivores and carnivores get the carbon that they need?
What is "by consuming plants and/or animals that have carbon".
500
What is "transpiration"?
What is "when leaves release water through their underside to evaporate".
500

Nitrogen is used in the body to make what?

What is amino acids and/or proteins.

500

How is the phosphorous cycle different from the other biogeochemical cycles?

What is "it does not exist in the atmosphere"

500

Phosphorus is returned to the rock cycle from plants and animals by what?

What is "decomposing of dead animals and plants into the soil".

500
Why do we need carbon?
What is "to form DNA and proteins". The creation of cells is also acceptable.