4.3 LESSON Cycles of Matter (CP Bio)

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flows through nature. ​

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is recycled.

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ENERGY

MATTER

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Match the following

• animals, plants, fungi, bacteria

• oceans, rivers, lakes, groundwater

• rocks, magma, volcanoes, sand

• air, smoke, clouds, dust

Biosphere

Hydrosphere

Geosphere

Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

​Condensation

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Which is the only biological component of the water cycle?

(Hint - the one that goes through the trees in the pic)

• evaporation

• precipitation

• runoff

• transpiration

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What do we call places in nature that store carbon?

• carbon sinks

• carbon drawers

• carbon reservoirs

• carbon footprints

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• moves carbon from the biosphere to the geosphere

• moves carbon from atmosphere to biosphere

• moves carbon from biosphere to atmosphere

Decomposition

Photosynthesis

Respiration

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

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What is it called when carbon is taken from the atmosphere and converted to a form usable by the biosphere?

• carbon sink

• carbon fixation

• carbon scoring

• carbonation

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Which moves carbon from the geosphere to the atmosphere?

• volcanoes

• forests

• breathing animals

• evaporation

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What is CO₂?

• carbon monoxide

• methane

• carbon dioxide

• carbon peroxide

​Rain helps bring CO₂ from the atmosphere to the hydrosphere.

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A natural feature that takes in more carbon than it releases.

• carbon sink

• carbon footprint

• carbon reservoir

• carbon scoring

​Don't forget, human breaths also add CO₂ to the atmosphere!

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Which human activities add CO₂ to the atmosphere?

• breathing

• burning fossil fuels

• burning wood

• hugging trees

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moves nitrogen from the atmosphere to the biosphere.

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returns nitrogen to the atmosphere

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Nitrogen Fixation

Denitrification

Nitrogen Scoring

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Fertilizers contain many nutrients, like phosphorus, manganese, boron and nitrogen.

Why isn't carbon added to fertilizers?

• it would cause combustion

• plants don't need carbon

• it's too expensive

• plants get carbon from the air