Biogeochemical Cycles Practice

Matter that organisms require for their life processes.

• nutrients

• chemical compounds

• biogeochemical cycles

• Law of Conservation of Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This describes how nutrients circulate endlessly throughout the environment in complex cycles (nutrient cycling).

• Law of Conservation of Matter

• Photosynthesis

• Biogeochemical Cycles

• Environmental Systems Cycles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Nutrients you (or living organisms) use in the largest amounts (nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus - proteins, fats, carbohydrates)

• macronutrients

• micronutrients

• biogeochemical

• compounds

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Nutrients you (or living organisms) use in smaller amounts (vitamins, and minerals)

• macronutrients

• micronutrients

• Law of Conservation of Matter

• Compounds

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Areas that store carbon!

• carbon reservoir

• carbon sink

• carbon source

• Biogeochemical cycle

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

A process, an area, or ecosystem that releases more carbon dioxide than it absorbs.

• carbon reservoir

• carbon sink

• carbon source

• Biogeochemical cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A forest, ocean, or other natural environment viewed in terms of its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

• carbon reservoir

• carbon sink

• carbon source

• Biogeochemical cycle

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Organisms, like plants and algae, that produce their own food.

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• specialized bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that eat other organisms for nutrients

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• specialized bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that eat other organisms for nutrients

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• specialized bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3