Continuous flow of nitrogen between living and nonliving things on Earth
What is NITROGEN CYCLE?
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CONVERSION OF A LIQUID TO A GAS
What is EVAPORATION
100
THE PROCESS OF BURNING SOMETHING IS CALLED THIS.
What is COMBUSTION?
100
A LARGE MASS OF CONTINUOUSLY MOVING OCEAN WATER
What is a CURRENT?
100
THE TERM FOR WEATHER OVER THE LONG-TERM.
What is CLIMATE?
200
ORGANISMS THAT CONVERT OR "FIX" NITROGEN INTO AMMONIA SO IT CAN BE USED BY LIVING THINGS.
What is BACTERIA?
200
WATER THAT NEITHER INFILTRATES, EVAPORATES NOR TRANSPIRES.
What is RUNOFF?
200
A VERY WEAK ACID FORMED WHEN CO2 DISSOLVES IN WATER. IT CONTRIBUTES TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION.
What is CARBONIC ACID?
200
WATER LAYER IN WHICH TEMPERATURE CHANGES QUICKLY, CREATING A BOUNDARY THAT SEPARATES THE WARMER SURFACE WATER FROM THE COLDER WATER BELOW.
What is a THERMOCLINE?
200
SUBSTANCE THAT ABSORBS EXCESSIVE HEAT
What is A HEAT SINK?
300
ORGANISMS THAT BREAK DOWN NITROGEN (N2) AND RETURN AMMONIA (NH3) TO THE SOIL.
What is DECOMPOSER?
300
THE ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE WATER CYCLE
What is THE SUN?
300
A COMPOUND THAT MANY OCEAN ANIMALS NEED TO MAKE THEIR SHELLS AND EXOSKELETONS
What is CALCIUM CARBONATE?
300
POWERFUL, WARM, AND SWIFT ATLANTIC OCEAN CURRENT THAT ORIGINATES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND CARRIES MUCH HEAT (WARM WATER) NORTHWARD.
What is GULF STREAM?
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THE CYCLING OF WATER THROUGHOUT EARTH'S SPHERES
What is THE WATER CYCLE
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CONVERSION OF NITRATE (NO3) TO BACK TO NITROGEN GAS (N2) BY BACTERIA.
What is DENITRIFICATION?
400
THIS IS A RESERVOIR OR SINK FOR CARBON, THIS RECEIVES MUCH OF THE CO2 RELEASED BY BURNIGN FOSSIL FUELS, AND THIS CONTAINS PHYTOPLANKTON WHICH PRODUCE ABOUT 50% OF THE WORLDS OXYGEN.
What is THE OCEAN?
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THE BIOLOGICAL PUMP OF THE OCEAN THAT TRANSFERS CARBON FROM THE OCEAN SURFACE TO THE DEEP OCEAN AND THROUGHOUT THE FOOD CHAIN
What is THE CARBON CYCLE?
400
SYSTEM OF DEEP WATER CURRENTS THAT CONNECTS ALL OF THE WORLD'S OCEAN BASINS
What is GLOBAL CONVEYOR BELT?
400
CURRENTS THAT WINDS ARE ABLE TO MOVE. THEY ARE ON THE TOP 400 METERS OF THE OCEAN. THE GULF STREAM IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF CURRENT.
What is A SURFACE CURRENT?
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THE DECAY OF DEAD MARINE LIFE THAT RELEASES CARBON INTO THE OCEAN.
What is DECOMPOSITION?
500
THE TERM FOR THE DECREASE IN OCEAN PH DUE TO EXCESS CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT IS BEING ABSORBED BY THE OCEAN.
What is OCEAN ACIDIFICATION?
500
process by which Carbon sinks remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is known as this.
What is CARBON SEQUESTRATION?
500
PROCESS IN WHICH NUTRIENT-RICH, COLD WATER MOVES UP TO THE SURFACE FROM OCEAN DEPTHS.
What is UPWELLING?
500
NO MORE WATER, CARBON, NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, ETC. CAN ENTER THE EARTH'S SYSTEMS. THESE ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS SIMPLY CYCLE IN THE EARTH'S SPHERES FROM LIVING TO NONLIVING THINGS. THE TERM FOR THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM IS THIS.