| Question |
Answer |
| What does Hydro mean? |
Water |
| What is Condensation? |
The change of water from its gaseous form into liquid water. |
| What is Precipitation? |
The primary mechanism for transporting water from the surface of the earth. |
| What is infiltration? |
The uncontrolled flow of air into a space through adventitious or unintentional gaps and cracks in the building envelope. |
| What is Run-off? |
The movement of landwater to the oceans, chiefly in the form of rivers, lakes and streams. |
| What is transpiration? |
The evaporation of water into the leaves and stems of plants. |
| What is the Carbon cycle? |
The movement of carbon in its many forms, between the biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and geosphere. |
| What type of cycle is the carbon cycle? |
Biochemical |
| How do plants exchange carbon with the atmosphere? |
They absorb and release CO2. |
| How does carbon move between the ocean and atmosphere? |
The ocean absorbs 2.5 G+C more than it gives off to the atmosphere. |
| How does burning fossil fuels effect the amount of carbon? |
It is consumed by industry, power plants, and automobiles. Polluted air is in result. |
| What are some examples of how humans effect the land? |
Pollution, use of cars, littering |
| What are some examples of nitrogen compounds important to life? |
proteins and nucleic acids |
| In what forms do plants use nitrogen? |
bacteria lives in roots of plants to break down nitrogen. |
| In what form do animals use nitrogen? |
proteins |
| What is decay? |
The final beneficiaries of these materials are microorganisms of decay. They break down molecules and dead organisms into ammonia. |
| What is dintrification? |
Reducing of nitrates to nitrogen gas, thus replenishing the atmosphere. |
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