matter
anything that has mass and takes up space
what is matter?
Water in gas form.
What is water vapor?
The process that plants use to move carbon from the atmosphere to the biosphere.
What is photosynthesis
78% of the air we breathe is this.
What is Nitrogen?
the basic unit of a chemical element.
what is an atom?
The process by which liquid water is turned into a gas and released into the atmosphere.
What is evaporation
the reactants of photosynthesis equation.
This stops Nitrogen gas from being able to be used by organisms.
What is a triple bond?
these are made by joined atoms.
what are molecules?
plants release water vapor through their leaves.
What is transpiration?
The process of burning something.
What is combustion?
These are the 4 processes of the nitrogen cycle.
What is Nitrogen fixation, Decay, Nitrification, and denitrification?
the movement of matter through Earth's systems.
What are biogeochemical cycles?
the process by which water turns from a solid directly into a gas.
What is sublimation?
This is where most of Earth's Carbon is stored.
What are rocks and sediments?
What is assimilation?
these elements are considered the big 6.
What are Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur.
percentage of global water that is fresh.
What is 2.5%?
Warming of Earth's surface temperature due to gasses trapping in radiation from the sun.
What is the greenhouse effect?
the process by which nitrogen is released back into the atmosphere.
What is denitrification?