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18.4 Terms
Terms for 18.4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biogeochemical Cycle | The cycle were energy and matter are being recycled and reused |
| Ground Water | Water that is in the soil or underground |
| Water Cycle | The process of water between different resoivures |
| Transpiration | When plants take in water through there roots and they release water and take in carbon dioxide through their leaves |
| Carbon Cycle | Photosynthesis and cellular repsiration for the basis for the short term cycle |
| Nitrogen Cycle | The process were nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment |
| Nitrogen Fixation | The process of converting N2 gas to a nitrate |
| Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria | The process of tansforming nitrogen gas into a useable form |
| Ammonification | The process that nitrogen is made available to others |
| Nitrification | soil bacteria take up ammonium and oxidize it into nitrates |
| Denitrification | Occurs when anaerobic bacteria break down nitrates and release nitrogen gas into the atmosphere |
| Phosphorus | The movement of phosphurus form the environment to organisms and then back to the environment |