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Sulfur Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Water Cycle
Phosphorus Cycle
Importance/Impact
100
SO2 is released into the atmosphere by decomposition of living things and waste products, and what?
What is the smelting and burning of fossil fuels.
100
name the process in which plants take in CO2 and release O2.
What is photosynthesis.
100
most of the evaporation comes from where?
What is the ocean.
100
explain how phosphorus is removed from the soil?
What is the absorbing of phosphates by plants.
100
what percent of all water on earth is fresh water?
What is 1%.
200
Acid rain is this part of the sulfur cycle.
What is Wet Dispostion.
200
people and animals breathing in O2 and releasing CO2 is called this.
What is Respiration.
200
describe the process of Transpiration.
What is plants giving off water vapor from their leaves.
200
describe ALL the ways phosphorus can circulate.
What is through the water, earths crust, and living organisms.
200
phosphorus regulates this in the human body.
What is pH level.
300
name the 3 ways in which sulfur in the soil gets released back into the atmosphere.
What is plant uptake, smelting/burning of fossil fuels, and volcanoes.
300
TRUE or FALSE. Decomposition does not release carbon into the atmosphere
What is FALSE.
300
animals that breathe out water vapor is this process.
What is respiration.
300
name 2 of the 4 states where the main deposites of Phosphorus are found.
What is Florida, Tennesee, Utah, and/or Idaho.
300
FILL IN THE BLANK: Acid rain _____ the pH level of the soil.
What is lowers.
400
sulfates found in the atmosphere is in this form.
What is sulfur dioxide or SO2.
400
Livestock produces a form of carbon called what?
What is methane, or CH4.
400
where is the main source of freshwater for humans?
What is groundwater.
400
explain the 2 main unnatural uses of Phosphorus.
What is Fertilizers and detergents.
400
This element is used to help in the fights against forest fires.
What is phosphorus.
500
sulfur is in this form when it is released from valcanoes.
What is hydrogen sulfide or H2S.
500
explain the process in which carbon gets into the sedimentary rock.
What is the deposits of shells/debris containing carbon that falls to the bottom of a body of water.
500
what is the opposite of evaporation?
What is condensation.
500
what is the most common compound in the phosphorus cycle?
What is phosphate.
500
explain why carbon is essential to humans.
What is every part of the human body is made of carbon and requires it.