BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Transpiration

To make proteins AND amino acids

The ocean

Phosphorus

They decrease because bacteria use it as they decompose organic material.

A natural process that recycles nutrients in various chemical forms from the environment to organisms and back to the environment.

Water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle.

They break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.

Increased carbon dioxide from human activities enhances the greenhouse effect, leading to global warming.

A process where water bodies become overly enriched with nutrients, leading to excessive growth of algae.