Bio Unit 1

Question 1

Transpiration

Answer 1

water leaves a plant when the plant collects carbon dioxide and releases oxygen
basically evaporation from plants
10% of the water vapor in the atmosphere

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

water from bodies of water become gas/water vapor due to the heat/energy from the sun. The vapors are released into the atmosphere
90% of the water vapor in the air

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

Water vapor/gas in the atmosphere condense into water droplets or ice crystals due to cooler temperatures.

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

The particles in the clouds (water vapors/gas or ice crystals) fall due to their weight and the cold temperature
Other kinds of precipitation:
Snow, sleet, and hail

Question 5

Surface Runoff

Answer 5

After precipitation the water collects nutrients like nitrogen from the ground when traveling to large bodies of water (lakes, rivers, and oceans)

Question 6

Infiltration

Answer 6

When precipitation seeps into the soil and used by plants and groundwater used by humans as drinking water

Question 7

Cellular Respiration

Answer 7

When organisms breathe in the air. Using the oxygen in the air that plants are used in photosynthesis. Oxygen is used to break down sugar in organisms for energy. The carbon dioxide we breath out is used by plants in photosynthesis.

Question 8

Photosynthesis

Answer 8

During photosynthesis, plants take in carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) from the air and soil. Within the plant cell, the water is oxidized, meaning it loses electrons, while the carbon dioxide is reduced, meaning it gains electrons. This transforms the water into oxygen and the carbon dioxide into glucose.
(National Geographics)
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/photosynthesis

Question 9

Sedimentation

Answer 9

The carbon dioxide (C2) interacts with the carbon in the ocean to create ionic bonds. That ionic bond interacts with the calcium ions in the water. The result of that interaction is used by many organisms. When the organisms die they decompose and return to their elemental forms. Their carbon is added to the sediment and over time become limestone.

Question 10

Deposition

Answer 10

When an organism passes on, fungi and bacteria break it down to its simplest compounds (like nitrogen or carbon)
The carbon will be released into the ground and over time become fossil fuels
The nitrogen returns to the atmosphere as dinitrogen N2

Question 11

Fossil fuels

Answer 11

It has decomposed plants and animals from millions of year ago. Becoming natural gas, oil, and coal

Question 12

Combustion

Answer 12

A chemical reaction (in our case) when fossil fuels are burnt and return the carbon that was in the fossil fuels. This is used for our industrial usages like cars.

Question 13

Assimilation

Answer 13

To supply organisms with nutrients
In our case:
organisms consume the glucose created when a plant undergoes photosynthesis. The consumtion is either eating the plant directly or consuming another organism that consumed the nutrients from the plant. The organisms breaks down the material to make macromolecules

Question 14

Nitrogen Fixation

Answer 14

The process of which to turn dinitrogen (N2) in the atmosphere into usable nitrogen for organisms

Question 15

Decomposers

Answer 15

Bacteria and fungi that break down dead organisms and break them back down into their simple compounds (i.e. nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon)

Question 16

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixers

Answer 16

Bacteria on a plant that converts N2 (dinitrogen) into usable nitrogen for the plants and in return the plant provides a niche (describes the role an organism plays in a community)

Question 17

Denitrification

Answer 17

The process of turning bioavalible nitrogen (usable nitrogen for organisms) into dinitrogen (N2, not useable for organisms) and returing to the atmosphere

Question 18

Hydrologic Cycle

Answer 18

water moves on, above, and blow suface of Earth driven by energy from the sun and wind (also know as the water cycle)

Question 19

Deposition

Answer 19

liquids turn into solid to gas

Question 20

Symbiosis

Answer 20

long term relationships/interactions between organisms

Question 21

Mutualism

Answer 21

symbiotic relation where both parties benefit

Question 22

Parasitism

Answer 22

One organism benefits from a relationship while the other is harmed (like all my relationships, lol)

Question 23

Commensalism

Answer 23

One orgamism benefits from the symbiotic relationship while the other is niether harmed nor helped

Question 24

Coevolution

Answer 24

two organisms evolve together

Question 25

Ecological Relationships

Answer 25

interaction of organisms in an enviornment

Question 26

Ammonification

Answer 26

microscopic organisms like bacteria and other decomposing organisms break down nitrogen containing chemicals from dead organisms and break it down into similar substances like ammonia