ESS Unit 2.3-2.5 Test

Biogeochem

100

Process of capturing gaseous and atmospheric carbon dioxide and storing it in a solid (biomass) or liquid (oil)

Carbon Sequestration 

200

Harmful agricultural practices that increase carbon

Heavy tillage, monocultures, draining wetlands 

300

part of the cycle where there is a net accumulation of elements, meaning more of the element is absorbed or stored than released.

Carbon Sinks 

400

Produced from dead organic matter in anaerobic conditions 

Methane 

500

Examples of Inorganic Carbon Stores 

Atmosphere, Soil, Oceans 

Nitrogen Cycle

100

Organisms that are essential for the nitrogen cycle 

Bacteria 

200

Uptake of nitrogen compounds by plant roots 

Assimilation 

300

Conversion of Nitrogen to ammonia 

Nitrogen fixation (transformation) 

400

the process of turning nitrates back into atmospheric nitrogen. Occurs in waterlogged, anaerobic conditions. 

denitrification 

500

large scale production of ammonia that is used in fertilizers 

Haber process 

Biomes

100

Used to display typical temperature and precipitation patterns of a given location over a year 

Climate Graph 

200

Climate graph 200

Desert 

300

Factors governing distribution of biomes 

Insolation, Precipitation, Temperature 

400

Climate Graph 400

Tropical Rainforest 

500

Human activities that are influencing the development of biomes (4)

Deforestation, Urbanization, Pollution, Agriculture 

Weather or not

100

Atmospheric conditions over a long period of time 

Climate 

200

The smallest cell of the Tricelluar Model that circulates cold air 

Polar 

300

The largest of the Tricelluar model that circulates hot and warm air. Near the equator 

Hadley Cell 

400

The three general patterns of climate types 

Tropical, Temperate, Polar 

500

Represent the warm and cold stages of a repetitive climatic cycle spanning the tropical Pacific Ocean. 

El Nino and La Nina 

Succession

100

the predictable change in a vegetation community over time.

Succession

200

This stage in primary succession consists fewer new species colonizing. Late colonizers shade out the early species. Complex food webs begin the develop and K-selected species are specialists

Stage 4: Stabilization 

300

r strategists are better adapted to this specific succession stage 

Pioneer community (colonization) 

400

Factors influencing succession

Climate, soil properties, fire, weather, primary consumers, geomorphology 

500

Shows number of animals or percentage cover for plants against distance along a transect 

Kite Diagram