Biogeochemical Cycles Graphic Organizer (Edpuzzle video)

Matter is neither created nor destroyed; it is _____

• controlled

• conserved

• just there

Matter moves between the living and nonliving parts of the biosphere: biotic factors and _________ factors.

• Biotic

• Abiotc

The non-living factors of the environment include the following: the hydrosphere and ___________.

• asthenosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

The non-living factors of the environment include the following: the hydrosphere and ___________.

• Geosphere

• hydrosphere

• lithosphere

The nutrients we need in the biosphere are best remembered using this mnemonic device _________

• CHOPS

• CHZNOPS

• CHNOPS

Biogeochemical cycles are the means by which organic molecules cycle through the living and nonliving factors in the biosphere. The cycles include the following: water, nitrogen, sulfur, and the ______ cycle.

• hydrogen

• carbon

• helium

Biogeochemical cycles are the means by which organic molecules cycle through the living and nonliving factors in the biosphere. The cycles include the following: water, nitrogen, sulfur, and the ______ cycle.

• sulfur

• hydrogen

• potassium

Bacteria that are able to make nitrogen into a useable form for plants are called ______________________ bacteria.

• special

• herbivores

• nitrogen-fixing

Nitrogen is one of two cycles that are called ______________ because they are crucial and really needed by living organisms.

• organic molecules

• limiting nutrients

• abiotic factors

____________ occurs when nutrients grow really quickly--that is not always a good thing.

• Calcification

• Nitrogen-fixing

• Eutrophication