Water Cycle
The process by which water enters the atmosphere
What is evaporation?
The organism that is most important to the nitrogen cycle
What are bacteria?
The process by which carbon is affixed into glucose in plants
What is photosynthesis?
This system/sphere is made up of all the living things on planet earth
What is the biosphere
name a Disneyland attraction that I had up on my wall above the cabinets
Space mountain, splash mountain, BTMR, Disneyland railroad, haunted mansion
process in which water falls from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is Precipitation?
The form of nitrogen in the atmosphere
What is N2
The process by which animals release carbon into the atmosphere
What is respiration?
This system/sphere is made up of all the water in and on planet earth
What is the hydrosphere?
I had a poster that looked like a vintage war propaganda poster, what science fiction tv show was this a reference to?
Doctor who (dalek)
underground layer of porous rock or soil that is saturated with groundwater.
What is an aquifer?
Nitrifying bacteria convert nitrites into this form of nitrogen which is useable by plants and animals
What is nitrates?
Formed when carbon dissolves into the ocean from the atmosphere.
What is carbonic acid or bicarbonate?
This system/sphere is made up of all the gases trapped above the surface of planet earth
What is the atmosphere?
There was a large lego set above my cabinets, what was this a model of?
The tower bridge in london
release of water vapor into the atmosphere from stomata in the leaves of plants.
What is transpiration?
The process that releases nitrogen from organisms into the soil as ammonium
What is decomposition?
1 billion tonnes of this are produced by volcanoes each year, while 35 billion tonnes of this are produced by burning fossil fuels each year
What is CO2 (or cabon dioxide)?
This system is made of all the rocks, earth, and soil in the Earth
What is the geosphere?
How many stuffed sloths did I have around the room?
3
the movement of water into the soil
What is infiltration?
This type of plant is able to affix nitrogen directly from soil into their roots
What are legumes?
When plants and animals die, but still release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it is because of this process
What is decomposition?
True or False: Matter is never created or destroyed but cycles through one form or chemical into another
What is True?
Where did I go to college?
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for undergrad
Azusa Pacific University for my masters degree