Nature's Cycles
This is also known as the Hydrologic Cycle.
What is the Water Cycle?
______________ is neither created nor destroyed, it just cycles back and forth through various elements of the Earth.
What is water?
The most abundant element in the atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
Phosphorus is stored in _____________ .
What are rocks?
_____________ impact the water cycle and other cycles through direct manipulation.
What are humans?
The driver of many of the Earth System processes and where all energy begins
What is the Sun?
_____________ determines the physical state of water (ice, liquid, or gas)
What is the temperature?
Atmospheric nitrogen is converted into a usable form during this stage of the Nitrogen Cycle
What is Nitrogen Fixation?
The breaking down or dissolving of rocks on the surface of the Earth that occurs in the Phosphorus Cycle is called _____________.
What is Weathering?
Humans create synthetic fertilizers from _____________ that ends up running off into our rivers, lakes, and oceans, often creating "dead zones" in the water.
What is Nitrogen? or What is Phosphorus?
_______________ mean that there is a constant and ongoing exchange of the elements between air, earth, water, plants and animals.
What are cycles?
Snow, rain or sleet
What is precipitation?
Ammonia is converted into nitrate by the presence of bacteria in the soil is called ____________.
What is Nitrification?
The geological process in which earthen materials are transported by wind and water is called ______________.
What is Erosion?
____________ is the process of clearing trees from the forest.
What is Deforestation?
Through cycles, the Earth continuously _____________ itself
What is renews?
Evaporation, condensation and precipitation
What are the 3 main stages of the water cycle?
Rain and ________________ help convert atmospheric nitrogen into a usable from of nitrogen (ammonia) during Nitrogen Fixation.
What is lightning?
Plants need this for nourishment and thus absorb it from the soil and water.
What is Phosphorus?
The burning of ______________ fuels transfers signficant quantities of carbon into the atmosphere.
What are Fossil Fuels?
This cycle usually starts out in rocks.
What is the Phosphorous Cycle?
Liquid water within plants is heated by the sun and evaporates into the atmosphere is a process known as __________________.
What is Transpiration?
During Nitrogen Ammonification, when animals or plants _________, the nitrogen present in the organic matter is release back into the soil.
What is die?
___________ is the process by which tectonic plate movement can make mountains.
What is Geological Uplift?
The increasing Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels causes the _______________ to absorb more and more carbon dioxide, making it more acidic.
What is the Ocean?