Matter And Matter Cycling

Question 1

What is matter?

Answer 1

Matter is defined as anything that holds space in mass

Question 2

What is another word for matter cycling?

Answer 2

Biogeochemical cycling

Question 3

What is the carbon cycle?

Answer 3

The carbon cycle describes how carbon moves between the atmosphere soils, living things, the ocean, humans, and resources

Question 4

What two major things is the carbon cycle essential for?

Answer 4

Respiration for animals and humans and photosynthesis

Question 5

What is the nitrogen cycle?

Answer 5

The nitrogen cycle is a series of processes where nitrogen and its compounds are moved through through both abiotic and biotic things

Question 6

why is the nitrogen cycle

Answer 6

Is essential because it’s cycles around nitrogen which produces amino acids proteins and nucleic acids which are important for living things

Question 7

What is nitrogen fixation?

Answer 7

Bacteria such as cyanobacteria, turns nitrogen into nitrates or ammonia compounds through a process called nitrogen fixation

Question 8

What is denitrification?

Answer 8

When animals and humans excrete their waist or die bacteria decomposes this way and converts it into nitrogen in a process called denitrification cycle starts again

Question 9

What does nitrogen fixation mean?

Answer 9

the chemical processes by which atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds, especially by certain microorganisms as part of the nitrogen cycle.

Question 10

What is nitrogen denitrification?

Answer 10

Denitrification is the process during which the nitrogen compound is released back into the atmosphere by converting nitrate ( ) into gaseous nitrogen (N).

Nitrogen changing into waste or the other way aroudn

Question 11

What is the phosphorus cycle?

Answer 11

The biogeochemical cycle that describes the transformation and translocation of phosphorus and soil water, living or dead organic material.

Question 12

Why is the phosphorus cycle important to living things?

Answer 12

It is important because it is an essential nutrient for sustaining life on earth. It plays a role in the transfer of energy with every organisms, the structure of genetic materials and the cell composition of membranes bones and teeth.

Question 13

What is eutrophication?

Answer 13

Eutrophication is the process in which a water body becomes overly enriched with nutrients, leading to the plentiful growth of simple plant life. The excessive growth (or bloom) of algae and plankton in a water body are indicators of this process.

Question 14

What is the water cycle?

Answer 14

The water cycle shows the continuous movement of water within the earths atmosphere

Question 15

What are the four major processes of the water cycle?

Answer 15

Evaporation, transpiration, condensation and precipitation

Question 16

What is precipitation?

Answer 16

When the water droplets become larger, gravity will pull them back down to the surface in the form of precipitation. Examples would be like rain, snow hail.

Question 17

What is condensation?

Answer 17

Condensation happens when water vapour goes up in the atmosphere, and then it cools it then transformed into tiny droplets of water. These droplets come together inform clouds condensation that remains near the surface becomes a fog dew

Question 18

What is transpiration?

Answer 18

Transpiration is the process when water evaporates from living plants

Question 19

What is evaporation?

Answer 19

Evaporation is when the water heat gets heated and then turns into water vapour which goes up to the atmosphere