Geochemical cycles

Question 1

What are the stages in the water cycle?

Answer 1

-Precipitation
-Runoff
-Infiltration
-Evaporation
-Transpiration
-Condensation

Question 2

What is precipitation?

Answer 2

Water falls to earth as a liquid.

Question 3

What is infiltration?

Answer 3

Some water seeps from the surface of the Earth to underground aquifers.

Question 4

What is Runoff?

Answer 4

Liquid water that isn’t infiltrated runs along the surface and collects in puddles, lakes, oceans, or other bodies of water.

Question 5

What is evaporation?

Answer 5

Sun heats liquid water to vapor and it rises to the atmosphere.

Question 6

What is transpiration?

Answer 6

Water rises back into the atmosphere as water vapor from plants.
(Cellular Respiration)

Question 7

What is condensation?

Answer 7

Water condenses to form clouds before precipitation again.

Question 8

How do living organisms Effect the water cycle?

Answer 8

All organisms take in water for nutrient transport, chemical reactions, and diffusion.
All organisms need water for Cellular respiration.

Question 9

What are negative human impacts on the water cycle?

Answer 9

-Deforestation : Lowers Transpiration
-Development/building: increases runoff and lowers infiltration
-Pollution

Question 10

What are the stages in the Carbon Cycle?

Answer 10

-Photosynthesis
-Cellular Respiration
-Consumption
-Combustion
-Decomposition
-Fossilization

Question 11

What is photosynthesis?

Answer 11

Plants capture CO2 from the atmosphere and use it to make sugar (glucose).

Question 12

What is Cellular Respiration?

Answer 12

CO2 released into the atmosphere as waste from metabolism.

Question 13

What is consumption?

Answer 13

One organism eats another for carbon.

Question 14

What is combustion?

Answer 14

CO2 released into the atmosphere from burning.

Question 15

What is Decomposition?

Answer 15

Decomposers break down carbon from dead organisms, allowing it to be recycled in the soil.

Question 16

What is Fossilization?

Answer 16

Coverts carbon from once-living organisms into a fuel source through intense heat and compression.

Question 17

What are the organism impacts on the carbon cycle?

Answer 17

-Decomposers break down dead material and return the nutrients to the sun.
-Photosynthetic organisms remove CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it to simple sugars.
-Animals and plants and fungi doing cellular respiration.

Question 18

Negative human impacts on the carbon cycle

Answer 18

Combustion: Causes a major increase of CO2 in the atmosphere. 2