Chapter 3 Vocabulary Test

shows how elements, chemical compounds and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another

• water cycle

• motor cycle

• biogeochemical cycle

• carbon cycle

phase of water cycle in which water changes from a liquid into a gas

• precipitation

• condensation

• runoff

• evaporation

step of the water cycle where water evaporates from the leaves of plants

• condensation

• seepage

• transpiration

• precipitation

all the chemical substances that an organism needs to sustain life

• nutrients

• denitrification

• nitrogen fixation

• primary productivity

process done by bacteria in soil to convert atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia

• denitrification

• nitrogen fixation

• photosynthesis

• chemosynthesis

process where bacteria in soil convert nitrates into atmospheric nitrogen

• nitrogen fixation

• photosynthesis

• chemosynthesis

• denitrification

the rate at which organic matter is created by producers

• algal bloom

• limiting nutrient

• primary productivity

• carrying capacity

a single nutrient that is scarce or cycles very slowly

• biome

• limiting nutrient

• nitrogen

• trophic levels

a single nutrient that is scarce or cycles very slowly

• biome

• limiting nutrient

• nitrogen

• trophic levels

results when runoff from heavily fertilized fields enters waterways

• primary productivity

• nitrogen fixation

• algal bloom

• evaporative transpiration