Question | Answer |
CARBON CYCLE | CARBON CYCLE:
THE _____________ ____________________IS THE MOVEMENT OF CARBON FROM THE NONLIVING ENVIRONMENT INTO LIVING THINGS AND BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENT. |
CARBON | CARBON CYCLE:
_______________________IS THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF PROTEINS, FATS, AND CARBOHYDRATES, WHICH MAKE UP ALL ORGANISMS |
PRODUCERS | CARBON CYCLE:
_______________________CONVERT CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE ATMOSPHERE INTO CARBOHYDRATES DURING PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
CONSUMERS | CARBON CYCLE:
________ __OBTAIN CARBON FROM THE CARBOHYDRATES IN THE PRODUCERS THEY EAT. |
CARBON DIOXIDE | CARBON CYCLE:
DURING CELLULAR RESPIRATION , SOME OF THE CARBON IS RELEASED BACK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AS ______ _________. |
LIMESTONE | CARBON CYCLE:
SOME CARBON IS STORED IN _____ ______, FORMING ONE OF THE LARGEST "CARBON SINKS" ON EARTH. |
DIES | CARBON CYCLE:
CARBON IS STORED IN THE BODIES OF ORGANISMS AS FATS, OIL, OR OTHER MOLECULES, MAY BE RELEASED INTO THE SOIL OR AIR WHEN THE ORGANISMS ___. |
FOSSIL | CARBON CYCLE:
THESE MOLECULES MAY FORM DEPOSITS OF COAL, OIL, OR NATURAL GAS. WHICH ARE KNOWN AS _________ FUELS. |
FOSSIL FUELS | CARBON CYCLE:
HUMANS BURN __________ ______, RELEASING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. |
CARBON DIOXIDE | CARBON CYCLE:
INCREASED LEVELS OF _______ ______ CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. |
GREENHOUSE GASE | CARBON CYCLE:
CARBON DIOXIDE IS A ________ _____ ___ ALONG WITH WATER VAPOR AND OTHER GASES. |
WARMING | CARBON CYCLE:
GREENHOUSE GASES ABSORB AND RERADIATE INFRARED ENERGY, _________ EARTH. |
NITROGEN CYCLE | NITROGEN CYCLE:
THE_____________ ______ IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH NITROGEN CIRCULATES AMONG THE AIR,SOIL,WATER,PLANTS, AND ANIMALS IN AN ECOSYSTEM. |
PROTEIN | NITROGEN CYCLE:
ALL ORGANISMS NEED NITROGEN TO BUILD ________, WHICH ARE USED TO BUILD NEW CELLS. |
78 | NITROGEN CYCLE:
NITROGEN MAKES UP __ PERCENT OF THE GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE. |
USED | NITROGEN CYCLE:
ONLY A FEW SPECIES OF BACTERIA CAN FIX ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN INTO CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS THAT CAN'T BE ____ BY OTHER ORGANISMS. THESE BACTERIA ARE KNOWN AS NITROGEN- FIXING BACTERIA. |
NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA | NITROGEN CYCLE:
_______-______ _________ ARE BACTERIA THAT CONVERT ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN INTO AMMONIA. |
LEGUMES | NITROGEN CYCLE:
THESE BACTERIA LIVE IN NODULES ON THE ROOTS OF PLANTS CALLED _________-, WHICH INCLUDE BEANS,PEAS,AND CLOVER |
NITRATES | NITROGEN CYCLE:
THE BACTERIA USE SUGER PROVIDED BY THE LEGUMES TO PRODUCE NITROGEN CONTAINING COMPOUNDS SUCH AS _______. |
RETURNED | NITROGEN CYCLE:
NITROGEN STORED WITHIN THE BODIES OF LIVING THINGS IS ________ TO THE NITROGEN CYCLE ONCE THOSE ORGANISMS DIE. |
DECOMPOSERS | NITROGEN CYCLE:
_________ BREAK DOWN DECAYING PLANTS AND ANIMALS, AS WELL AS PLANT AND ANIMAL WASTES. |
PHOSPHORUS | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
_________ IS AN ELEMENT THAT IS PART OF MANY MOLECULES THAT MAKE UP THE CELLS OF LIVING ORGANISMS. |
EATING | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
PLANTS GET THE PHOSPHORUS THEY NEED FROM SOIL AND WATER, WHILE ANIMALS GET THEIR PHOSPHORUS BY _________ PLANTS OR OTHER ANIMALS THAT HAVE EATEN PLANTS. |
PHOSPHORUS CYCLE | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
THE ___________ ___________ IS THE CYLIC MOVEMENT OF PHOSPHORUS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT OF ORGANISMS AND THEN BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENT. |
ROOTS | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
PLANTS ABSORB PHOSPHATES IN THE SOIL THROUGH THEIR ______. |
WASHES | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
SOME PHOSPHATES ___________ OFF THE LAND AND ENDS UP IN WATER BODIES. |
SALTS | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
BECAUSE MANY PHOSPHATES _____ ARE NOT SOLUBLE IN WATER, THEY SINK TO THE BOTTOM AND ACCUMULATE AS SEDIMENT. |
FERTILIZERS | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
_________, WHICH PEOPLE USE TO SIMULATE AND MAXIMIZE PLANT GROWTH, CONTAIN BOTH NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS. |
RUNOFF | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF FERTILIZERS CAN ENTER TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH ________ ___. |
ALGAE | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
EXCESS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS CAN CAUSE RAPID GROWTH OF __________. |
DEPLETE | PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
EXCESS ALAGE CAN ________ AN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM OF IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS SUCH AS OXYGEN, ON WHICH FISH AND OTHER AQUTIC ORGANISMS DEPEND. |
LIVING | CARBON CYCLE:
Carbon exists in air, water and________________ORGANISMS |
ATMOSPHERE | NITROGEN CYCLE:
After decomposers return nitrogen to the soil, bacteria transforms a small amount of the nitrogen into nitrogen gas, which then returns to the___________________ to complete the nitrogen cycle. |