The Water Cycle
The transformation of liquid water to gas (caused by heat)
Evaporation
Plants remove carbon dioxide from the air during this process.
Photosynthesis
What is one way animals contribute to the Nitrogen cycle
Which of Earth's spheres does Phosphorus NOT move through
The Atmosphere
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Practical use...
When runoff cant reach a river or lake etc. in time, it sinks into the earth and becomes
Groundwater
The burning of ______ rapidly increases atmospheric CO2
Fossil Fuels
The process where bacteria convert N gas into ammonia
Nitrogen Fixation
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Another way...
Phosphorus moves through ecosystems mainly when this happens to rocks
Erosion
When matter is consumed, how much energy is transferred?
The movement of water through plant roots to their leaves
Transpiration (BONUS IF CORRECT) Clouds...
The chemical process where animals breathe in O2 and release CO2
Cellular Respiration
This is the least toxic form of Nitrogen that plants like to eat.
Nitrates
How do animals absorb Phosphorus?
By eating plants and other animals
a step or position in a food chain or food web that shows how energy moves through an ecosystem.
Trophic Level
When water falls from the sky
Precipitation
What is a Carbon reservoir?
A section of Earth where a large amount of Carbon is stored (BONUS IF RIGHT how do animals...)
What is Denitrification?
This process in the nitrogen cycle converts nitrates into nitrogen gas, returning it to the atmosphere.
This is the form of Phosphorus plants like to EAT
Phosphates
These organisms break down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil.
Decomposers
Like the Carbon cycle, Water moves through the ___sphere, the ___sphere, the____sphere, and the _____sphrere
Atmos, Geo, Hydro, Bio
One form that we use Carbon in our bodies
Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins
This process, carried out by bacteria, converts nitrite (NO₂⁻) into nitrate (NO₃⁻).
Nitrification
Name one of two molecules that humans need Phosphorus to produce
DNA and ATP
90% of the energy we consume is lost as ____
Heat
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Heterotrophs...