Water

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matter cannot created nor destroyed. It can only be transformed from one form to another.

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• Law of conservation of mass states that

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Therefore, matter cycles through the biosphere. It is called

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biogeochemical cycle.

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anything that takes up space and has mass –provides the nutrients needed for organisms to function.

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Matter–

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a chemical substance that an organism must obtain from its environment to sustain life and undergo life processes.

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Nutrient–

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Essential elements are stored in ?, places where elements are kept for long period of time

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Reservoir

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water in plants → water vapor

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2. Transpiration -

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solid water to water vapor

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S ublimation:

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Water vapor condenses to form water droplets (clouds, fog, dew)

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4. Condensation –

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Water droplets fall (rain, snow or ice/hail

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. Precipitation –

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. – Water vapor into ice (snow and frost)

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Deposition:

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the rate at which water enters a soil

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7. Infiltration:

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The rate at which water moves through a soil

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Percolation

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flow of water to drainage basin or watershed

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. Runoff:

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Storage

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It is the framework for all biomolecules.

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Crbon

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Plants take up carbon dioxide from the air and carry out photosynthesis. This is when carbon enters the land food webs.

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Photosynthesis

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Plants and all living things carry out aerobic respiration. Carbon returns to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

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Cellular respi

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Carbon diffuses between the atmosphere and the ocean. Carbon dioxide becomes bicarbonate when it dissolves in ocean water.

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3. Formation of bicarbonate ion (HCO3-).

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Marine producers take up bicarbonate for use in photosynthesis, and marine organisms release carbon dioxide produced by aerobic respiration.

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4. Aquatic photosynthesis and cellular
   respiration.