Phosphorus Cycle Flashcards
What is the Phosphorus Cycle used for?
For DNA and RNA
Where is Phosphorus found?
Monster on land in rock and soil minerals and ocean sediments
How is Phosphate released?
When rocks break down it releases into the ocean from runoff
What is phosphorus used by?
Marine life
What is Primary Productivity?
The rate at which organic matter is created by producers
What happens if a nutrient is in short supply?
It will limit an organism’s growth
What is a Limiting Nutrient?
When an ecosystem is limited by a single nutrient that is scarce
What happens when a aquatic ecosystem receives a large input of a limiting nutrient?
It causes an increase in the amount of algae and other producers
What is a Algal Bloom?
An increase in the amount of algal and other producers
What is weather?
The day-to-day condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place
What is climate?
The average year-after-year conditions of temperature and perception in a particular region
How is climate made?
By the trapping of heat by the atmosphere
the latitude
The transport of heat by winds and ocean currents
Perception
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Temperatures remain with in a suitable range on Earth because of the atmosphere which acts like a insulating blanket
What compounds trap heat energy?
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Water vapor
How does Latitude affect climate?
Solar radiation strikes different parts of Earth’s surface at an angle that varies throughout the year
