| Energy | ||
| #1 | These can be dug up from the ground and burned as a source of energy. |
Fossil Fuels |
| #2 | Energy is transferred between systemsm but it cannot be created or destroyed. |
1st law of thermodynamics |
| #3 | What is the ultimate source of energy? |
The Sun |
| #4 | When energy transfer occurs, matter less organized with time, thus the universe's energy is spead out more uniformly over time. |
2nd law of thermodynamics |
| #5 | What is the four processes that matter and energy are exchanged in the earth systems? |
Chemical reactions, radioactive decay, growth and decay of organisms, and the radiation of energy. |
| Water Cycle | ||
| #1 | Rain, snow, and hail are forms of? |
Precipitation |
| #2 | The movement of water from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface and back to the atmosphere is? |
The Water Cycle |
| #3 | Evaporation of water from plant parts is? |
Transpiration |
| #4 | The origin of energy that drives the water cycle? |
The sun |
| #5 | When the water loses energy, it __________ to form water droplets, such as those that form clouds. |
Condenses |
| Carbon Cycle | ||
| #1 | What is the gaseous form of carbon |
CO2 |
| #2 |
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C. photosynthesis |
| #3 | What role and effect do humans have in the carbon cycle? |
They release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere through respiration, through their waste, and through combustion of fossil fuels. |
| #4 | Where is carbon stored in the long-term cycle? |
In the geosphere in a rock called carbonate |
| #5 | Name one carbon reservoir other than the Earth's Crust |
Atmosphere, soil, plants, animals |
| Nitrogen Cycle | ||
| #1 | Nitrogen is primarily found in what state of matter? |
Gas |
| #2 | This electrical process aids in the formation of nitrates |
Ligthning |
| #3 | Changes nitrogen in the soil into usable forms |
Nitrogen fixing batceria |
| #4 | What is the main reservoir of nitrogen |
The atmosphere |
| #5 | What is the process of chanign free nitrogen into usable forms of nitrogen |
Nitrogen Fixation |
| Phosphorous Cycle | ||
| #1 | Phosphorous is rarely a? |
Gas |
| #2 | Water that flows over the ground into streams is known as? |
runoff or groundwater |
| #3 | All cycles of matter share this componenet except for the phosphorous cycle |
the atmospheric component |
| #4 | How does phosphorous enter the geosphere? |
Phosphorous enters the soil when rocks break down releasing the phosphorous, and by organism excreting their excess phosphorous |
| #5 | How does phosphorous enter the biosphere? |
Phosphorous enters the biosphere by plants absorbing the phosphorous in the soil with their roots where the plants incorporate it into their tissues. Animals then ingest the plant. |
| Final Question | |
Draw the short-term Carbon Cycle. |
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