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nutrient cycling vocabulary Flashcards

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Evaporation

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When a liquid turns into a gas 💧💨

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Condensation

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When a gas turns into a liquid 💨💧

Ex. Morning dew on grass

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Precipitation

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A type of of condensation
(when a gas turns into a liquid)
Ex. Rain 🌧️

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Sublimation

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Directly from solid to gas form

Ex. Dry ice

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Transpiration

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The process of water movements through a plant then its evaporated 💦🌱☁️

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Percolation

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The process of liquid slowly passing through a filter

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Run off

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The flow of water fast occurs during a storm 🌩🌧️💦

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Water Reservoirs

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The storage space for liquids 🌊💦

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Carbon

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Is an element that has two main forms (diamond 💎 and graphite) and has impure forms in charcoal, soot and coal

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Atmosphere

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The blanket of gases on the surface of the earth 💨🌍

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Biosphere

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Reg parts of the surface that is occupied by living organisms, all living and dead 🐦🐰🐶

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Geosphere

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Any region of matter that make up the earth and it’s atmosphere

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Lithosphere

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The Earth’s crust 🌎🌍

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Hydrosphere

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Includes all water 💦🌊

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Carbon dioxide

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A colorless, odorless gas that is produced carbon and organic compound and by respiration

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Cellular respiration

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(taking oxygen gas + glucose to produce carbon dioxide + H2O) the chemical process that grenades most of the energy in the cell

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Photosynthesis 🌱

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(taking CO2+H2O+sunlight to create glucose + oxygen gas)

The process of which plants and other organisms use sunlight to create sugar from carbon dioxide and water

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Decomposition

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Rotting 🌱

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Sedimentation

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Carbon dioxide is absorbed into bodies of water, some of the carbon dioxide remains in the water, the warmer the water the less carbon dioxide remains

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Weather

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Atmospheric conditions in a particular location in a very short period of time 🕚🕕

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Climate

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A pattern of weather over a long period of time

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Altitude

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The vertical line 🔛🔚🔜

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Latitude

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From north to south pole 🔝

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Temperature

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The measure of warmth or coldness of an object or substance 🔥❄️

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Thermal expansion of water

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When heat is increase, the water molecules expand / spread out more 🔥

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Greenhouse gases 💚💨

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A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

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Fossil fuels

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A natural fuel that is formed from the remains of living organisms

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Ozone - O3

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It’s an highly reactive toxic gas

(good) the ozone layer prevents most of the UV from the sun to pass us
(bad) when ozone is found, it has topics and corrosive effects (smog)

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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)

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Attacks the ozone and causes it to split

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Carbon “sink”

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A forest, ocean or other natural environment viewed point that have ability to absorb carbon dioxide 🌲🌊

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Carbon “footprint”

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The amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds used by a person due to the amount of fossil fuel burned

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Greenhouse gas effect- GHGE

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A natural process that traps energy from the sun☀️, heat comes down and bounces off the surface or stays in our atmosphere and never escapes

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CO2- carbon dioxide

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A colorless gas that is produced by burning gas

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Methane - (CH4)

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A colorless, odorless flammable gas mostly from cattle farming (cow burps) 🐮💨, 1 molecule of methane can absorb 23x more heat than CO2

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Nitrous Oxide- NO2

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A colorless gas with a Sweetish odor, is naturally found in soil (produced by bacteria) and manure, is 300x more effective than CO2 💨🍬

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Effects of Climate change

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  • changes in river flow and temperature affecting fish habitation and hydroelectric power generation 🌊🐟
  • more frequent and severe heat waves, which result increased heat related illness 🔥
  • more frequent and severe drought 🌊💧
  • coastal communities and ecosystems seeing more frequent and severe flooding 🌊🌊
  • higher risks of wildfires 🔥, insects outbreaks 🐞 and diseases in forests 🌲
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Proxy records

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Records that are indirectly recorded, records that are form thousands to millions of years old

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Feedback loop

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Water vapor, counts of 2/3 of the greenhouse effect 💧💨

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Mountain pine beetle 🐛

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Lives in trees, as the climate hears up these bugs continue to live through winters and kill trees 🌲🌳

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Ice core ❄️

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A core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or high mountain glacier, the deeper the drill, the older the sample core

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Anthropogenic

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The result from the influence of human beings on nature 🌱🍃

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