The hydrologic cycle and water properties

Question 1

Nutrients Reservoirs are..

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the bank or stores of nutrients

Question 2

What is the 4 nutrients that move through reservoirs?

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Living organism and recently dead organisms (biotic)

Atmosphere, air soil and water (abiotic)

Fossilized remains of organisms (biotic)

Minerals in rock (abiotic)

Question 3

One of the reservoirs nutrients move through are living organism and recently dead organisms, they are..

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Biotic bank, easily available to living things

Question 4

One of the reservoirs nutrients move through are atmosphere, air, soil and water, they are..

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Abiotic, available

Question 5

One of the reservoirs nutrients move through are fossilized remains of organisms; fossil fuels, they are..

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biotic, not easily available to living things

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One of the reservoirs nutrients move through are minerals in rocks, they are..

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abiotic, unavailable

Question 7

The hydrologic cycle involves..

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all phases of water. It is the cycling of water that connects ecosystems across the globe

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The hydrologic cycle involves the 5 steps, list them..

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Evaporation, transpiration, percolation, precipitation and condensation

Question 9

In the hydrologic cycle, evaporation is..

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The change of water from a liquid state to a gaseous state

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In the hydrologic cycle, Transpiration is..

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The evaporation of water from plant leaves

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In the hydrologic cycle, percolation is..

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the movement of water through soil and permeable rock

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In the hydrologic cycle, precipitation is..

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The rain, snow and hail after the evaporation of water

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In the hydrologic cycle, condensation is..

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collection of water droplets in the atmosphere to form clouds

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A reservoir is..

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A natural or artificial lake that is used as a water source

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The 5 RESERVOIRS in the Hydrologic Cycle is..

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Oceans, rivers, lakes, streams and ground water (aquifers)

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Water is the universal..

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solvent

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Certain properties of water allow it to transport biotic and..

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abiotic components along each route it takes

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Water molecules are POLAR (different charges at each end), resulting in a weak attraction between molecules also know as..

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hydrogen bond

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The weak attraction in water enables water to..

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dissolve a wide variety of substances

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When water is used to dissolved substances to transport nutrients, the process of this is..

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biogeochemical cycling

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The hydrogen bonding in water allows it to remain in a ..

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liquid state, in different temperature range

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Because water can remain in a liquid state in different temperature range, water can continue to be transported and..

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dissolve substances over and over again

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Energy is required if wanting water to change its state, the amount of energy needed to increase it’s temperature is..

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a large amount of energy

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When water cools, hydrogen bonds loosen which cause cold or frozen water to have..

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Lower density

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When water heats up, these bonds tighten which causes the warm water to have..

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higher density

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Cohesion is the attraction for molecules of molecules of..

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the same kind

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Like cohesion, water molecules are polar which means they are..

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attracted to one another

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Cohesion causes surface tension which allows some insects..

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able to walk on water

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In adhesion, water molecules are attracted to molecules of..

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other substances. Such as the inner surface of a glass tube.

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Adhesion provides an upward force of on water the counteracts..

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the pull of gravity

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adhesion and cohesion work together in plants to..

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pull water up the tissue of plants which then leaves for transpiration

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Water plays an important ROLE in distributing..

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minerals and nutrients throughout our planet

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Water is also required to support the cellular activities of most living things, the adult human body is composed of..

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70% water. 95% water for plants

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When there’s not enough water in plants, plants respond by closing their..

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stomata

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Plants close off any openings that releases water when water is scarce, this reduces..

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transpiration (this is often used by desert plants such as cacti)

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Nutrients cycling in ecosystems:

Biogeochemical cycles are nutrients that travel through both..

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biotic and abiotic parts of the environment.

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There are 2 types of biogeochemical cycles..

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global and static cycle

Question 38

In biogeochemical cycles, the global cycle allows C, O, N and P to travel..

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long distances as gases in the air

Question 39

in biogeochemical cycles, the static cycle refers to the P, K, Ca and other trace elements found in the soil do not..

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travel as far