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Question 1

our plants env consists of complex networks of interlinked systems

Answer 1

matter and molecule
organisms, populations, interacting species

Question 2

fertilizer from midwestern farms add nutrients to the Mississippi River which causes…

Answer 2

phytoplankton to grow
bacteria to eat dead phytoplankton
bacteria depleting oxygen
fish and organisms to suffocate

Question 3

sources of nitrogen and phosphorus include

Answer 3

agricultural sources and nitrogen fixing crops
livestock manure, sewage treatment plans

Question 4

eutrophication, nutrient over enrichment leads to

Answer 4

blooms of algae
increased production of organic matter
decomposition and hypoxia

Question 5

ecosystem

Answer 5

all organisms and nonlving entities that occur and interact in a area at the same time

Question 6

biological entities

Answer 6

intertwined by chemical and physical entities

Question 7

ecosystems..

Answer 7

receive process and transform inputs of energy

Question 8

nutrient

Answer 8

elements and compounds needed for survival when eaten by organisms

Question 9

macronutrients

Answer 9

required in larger amounts
nitrogen, carbon,phosphorus

Question 10

micronutrients

Answer 10

required in smaller amounts

Question 11

nutrients

Answer 11

stimulate plant production

Question 12

nitrogen and phosphorus

Answer 12

important for ALGAE and plants growth

Question 13

nitrogen is more important limiting factor

Answer 13

in costal ocean waters
iron is effective nutrient also

Question 14

matter is…

Answer 14

continually circulated in ecosystems

Question 15

nutrient biogeochemical cycles

Answer 15

movement of nutrients through the ecosystem

Question 16

pools (resorviours)

Answer 16

where nutrients reside for varying amounts of time

Question 17

flux

Answer 17

rate at which materials move between pools

Question 18

carbon is found

Answer 18

carbs, fats,proteins,bones and cartilage and shells

Question 19

carbon cycle

Answer 19

describes the route of carbon atoms through the environment

Question 20

photosynthesis by plants algae and cyanobacteria

Answer 20

removes carbon from air and water
produces oxygen and carbs

Question 21

respiration

Answer 21

returns carbon to the air and oceans
plants, consumers and decomposers

Question 22

decomposition returns carbon to the sediment

Answer 22

largest resoior of carbon

Question 23

aquatic organisms die in the sediment

Answer 23

older layers are buried deeply and undergo high pressure

Question 24

oceans

Answer 24

second largest resoviour of carbon

Question 25

humans affect the carbon cycle

Answer 25

burning fossil fuels move carbon from ground ti the air
largest in the past 800,000 years
1-2 billion metric tons of carbon are unaccounted for

Question 26

6CO2 + 6H20…

Answer 26

C6H1206 +6O