Unit 15 Topic 3

Question 1

any substance required for survival

Answer 1

Nutrient

Question 2

describes how water cycle through living and nonliving components of an ecosystem

Answer 2

Water Cycle

Question 3

loss of water from plants to the atmosphere

Answer 3

Transpiration

Question 4

movement of water from a liquid to a gas

Answer 4

Evaporation

Question 5

movement of water from a gas back to a liquid

Answer 5

Precipitation

Question 6

describes how carbon is cycled through living and nonliving components of an ecosystem

Answer 6

Carbon Cycle

Question 7

Describes how Nitrogen is cycled through living and non living components of an ecosystem

Answer 7

Nitrogen Cycle

Question 8

The process used by certain kinds of bacteria that takes N out of the atmosphere and converts it to a form found in the soil

Answer 8

Nitrogen fixation

Question 9

The process used by certain kinds of bacteria that takes N in the soil and converts it to a form usable by plants

Answer 9

Nitrification

Question 10

The process used by certain kinds of bacteria that takes N in animal waste and decomposed materials and returns it into the soil

Answer 10

Ammonification

Question 11

the process used by certain kinds of bacteria that takes N in the soil and returns it to the atmosphere

Answer 11

Denitrification

Question 12

Describes how phosphorus is cycled through living and non living components of an ecosystem

Answer 12

Phosphorus cycle

Question 13

describe how nutrients (like N) or cycled through living and nonliving components of an ecosystem

Answer 13

Biogeochemical cycle