Biogeochemical Cycles and Nutrients

Solar energy

Evaporation

Precipitation

Condensation

Carbon cycle

Nitrogen cycle

Water cycle

Phosphorus

Carbon

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Evaporation

Transpiration

Condensation

Precipitation

CO₂

nitrogen fixation (N₃₎

H₂O

ammonification

denitrification (denitrifying bacteria)

leaching

nitrification

Algal blooms (algae grows out of control because it's a plant also)

Algae fills water sources and becomes a useful food source for fish and humans.

Algal blooms eventually die. Their decomposition takes oxygen out of the water that fish need, causing them to die.

an algae farm

the ocean during the day

pollution from too much algae

the phosphorus cycle

living parts of nature

non-living parts of nature

types of energy

types of animal life

They are different states of matter.

They are constantly exchanged in the carbon cycle.

They are different forms the element carbon: One form is inorganic and the other is superorganic.