Water cycle
What are these examples such as rain,snow,hail, and sleet in the water cycle?
Precipitation
What is the substance needed for DNA and RNA along with the phosphorous cycle?
Phosphorus
Where do the nitrogen-fixing bacteria live?
Legume root nodules
What are the names of the organisms that break down dead organisms into the soil?
Decomposers
Water sinking into the ground or soil is called?
Infilltration
What makes the phosphorus cycle unique?
Phosphorus comes from three places: decomposition, farmland, and rocks
What is the nitrogen is needed for?
Nucleic acids and protein
In what form is carbon released as?
Carbon dioxide or CO²
Water vapor leaving through leaves is called?
Transpiration
What are the two different reserves in the phosphorus cycle?
The underground reserve and the underwater reserve
What organism can use nitrogen directly from the air?
Bacteria
What are used for many cars and factories that are later emitted into the atmosphere?
Fossil fuels
Where does the evaporated water from the oceans and sea go to?
The atmosphere
How does the phosphorus escape the tops of mountains?
The weathering of rocks
What is the result of decomposers and nitrogen fixing bacteria in the soil?
Ammonium
What two forms of energy transfer in biotic organsims are present during the carbon cycle?
Cellular respiration and photosynthesis
What is the process of water vapor/gas transforming into a liquid?
Condensation
Where phosphorus is usually found?
Soil, rocks, and nutrients
What process is used to cylce the nitrogen back into the atmosphere?
Denitrification
What are the two types of activity that release carbon?
Human activity and volcanic activity