Biogeochemical Cycles Vocabulary

Matter can't be created nor destroyed; it can transformed from one type to another.

• biogeochemical cycle

• law of conservation of matter

• Water cycle

• primary producers

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The change in state from a gas to a liquid. (Think water cycle)

• precipitation

• water vapor

• condensation

• water

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What happens during photosynthesis?

• plants absorb carbon dioxide, water, and sun's energy and releases glucose (sugar) and oxygen for animals to use in cellular respiration.

• animals absorb carbon dioxide, water, and sun's energy and releases glucose (sugar) and oxygen for plants to use in cellular respiration.

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Which cycle describes the routes that nitrogen atoms take through the environment.

• nitrogen

• water

• carbon

• phosphorous

Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are examples of how water returns from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.

• evaporation

• water

• transpiration

• precipitation

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Glucose + 6O₂ → 6CO₂ + 6H₂O + energy

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• consumer

• primary producers

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The conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia; this process can happen by lightening or specialized bacteria.

• nitrogen cycle

• nitrogen fixation

• bacteria

• nitrate

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In the water cycle, the transformation from a liquid to a gas; it starts from the surface water not the leaves of a plant.

• transpiration

• condensation

• water

• evaporation

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The carbon, water, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycle cycles through all of the earth's spheres and organisms.

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• biogeochemical cycle

• nitrogen cycle

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In the process of nitrification, the ammonium ions are first converted to nitrite and then to

• bacteria

• algae

• nitrate

• decomposers

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