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What is a biogeochemical cycle?

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A route taken by water and other nutrients through the biotic and abiotic components of the biosphere

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What are important properties of water

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  • universal solvent
  • high melting and boiling point
  • has adhesive and cohesive properties
  • high heat capacity
  • polar molecule ( O-atom has partial negative charge | H-atom has partial positive charge)
  • Hydrogen bonds that attract each water molecule
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Fill in the blanks:
There is a ___ amount of matter in our ecosystem, therefore chemicals must be ____ constantly

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  • Limited
  • recycled
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What’s the difference between the density of water and ice

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  • Ice is less dense because when water freezes the hydrogen bonds expand which means less compact so less dense.
  • they form a crystal like structure
  • water however is more dense because hydrogen bonds are close with each other
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What does cohesion mean

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  • the attraction of water molecules to each other
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What does adhesion mean

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  • the attraction of water molecules to other substances
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What are the main biogeochemical cycles

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  • carbon
    -oxygen
    -nitrogen
    -phosphorus
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What is rapid cycling

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  • nutrients involves substance that can cyclebetween nutrient reservoirs QUICKLY
  • they are temporarily stored in nutrient reservoirs ex) soil, air, water
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What is slow cycling

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  • When substances accumulate and are unavailable to organisms
  • can take millions of years first these substances so be available again
    -ex) fossil fuels, carbon and oil
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Fill in the blanks
Organisms are included in the rapid cycling of carbon and oxygen through ______ and ____

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  • photosynthesis
  • cellular respiration
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What is the relationship between large trees and carbon

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  • carbon can be stored in the tree for a long period of time in their tissues
  • the carbon is then not recycled/released until the tree dies and is broke down by decomposers
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What is the largest carbon sink in the earths biosphere

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  • the ocean
  • it contains billion tonnes of dissolved carbon dioxide
  • other ex) forests, limestone rocks, fossil fuels
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What are natural processes that return carbon to rapid cycling quickly

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  • forest fires burn the carbon
  • weathering/breaking of stones
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How can human influence carbon dioxide

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  • burning fossil fuels releases carbon back to atmosphere increasing the levels of carbon dioxide
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What does a nitrogen fixing bacteria do

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  • converts N2 into ammonium NH4
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What is mutual relationship

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  • bacteria convert N2 to form plants can use, and plants give bacteria food
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What is ammonificstion

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  • when breakdown of organic matter by decomposers - produced ammonium
18
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What is nitrifying bacteria

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  • in the soil converts NH4 into nitrite NO2 to nitrate NO3 plants use as nitrogen source
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What is denitrification

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  • denitrifying bacteria complete the cycle by converting nitrite or nitrate back to Nitrogen gas
20
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What is crop rotation

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  • helps maintain high nitrogen content on soil
  • grow legumes (alfalfa, clover) one season (they have nitrogen fixing bacteria in their roots) and crops (corn and carrots) the next
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What cycle is not involved in the atmosphere?

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  • the phosphorus cycle
  • found in soil and water and is released through weathering (breaking)
  • Animals can obtain phosphorus through milk grains and meat
  • producers can only use it in the form of the phosphate PO4 3-
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What is Algal Blooms : Eutrophication

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  • results of excess nutrients (phosphate) un water
  • nutrients enter water through runoff
  • higher concentration if phosphorus increases algae
  • When the decomposers break down the excess organic matter, they take up O2 killing aquatic life
23
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Is the biosphere an open system

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yes
- input energy from the sun and output heat to space

24
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What does productivity mean

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  • rate at which producers capture and store energy
25
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What can affect productivity

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  • rainfall/water availability
  • light availability
  • space
  • temperature
26
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what is stromatolites

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  • sedumentary ricks formed from amount bacteria
  • They have black iron oxide bonds, firmed when iron combined with oxygen in the oceans
  • scientist think that iron became bound to oxygen then as more produced it escaped through the ocean and entered the atmosphere
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All organisms require ___ its an important part if proteins and vitamins

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  • sulfur
  • when organisms die decomposers return sulfur to soul and atmosphere
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What is acid deposition

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  • SO2 in environment reacts with H2O and O2 to produce H2SO3 (sulfurous acid) and H2SO3 sulfuric acid
  • this results to acid rain which returns sulfur to ocean and soul
29
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what is cyanobacteria

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  • a photosynthetic micro-organism
  • now known as chloroplast
  • adapted to oxygen rich biosphere

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