biochemical cycles and energy

Question 1

What are some biotic factors of the water cycle?

Answer 1

aquatic plants, fish, amphibians, and algae

Question 2

What are some abiotic factors of the water cycle?

Answer 2

annual rainfall, levels of minerals in the soil, and the amount of light at different depths of the ocean

Question 3

How does water circulate in the water cylce?

Answer 3

Liquid water evaporates into water vapor, condenses to form clouds, and precipitates back to earth in the form of rain and snow

Question 4

What are some biotic factors of the carbon cycle?

Answer 4

plants, animals, microorganisms

Question 5

What are some abiotic factors of the carbon cycle?

Answer 5

fossils, air, soil, water

Question 6

How does carbon circulate in the carbon cylce?

Answer 6

carbon travels from the atmosphere into organisms in the Earth and then back into the atmosphere over and over again

Question 7

What are some biotic factors of the nitrogen cycle?

Answer 7

Plants, microbes, animals, and organic matter

Question 8

What are some abiotic factors of the nitrogen cycle?

Answer 8

Wind, water, sunlight, temperature, soil, rocks, and periodic disturbances

Question 9

How does nitrogen circulate in the nitrogen cylce?