biogeochemical

Question 1

bio

Answer 1

life

Question 2

geo

Answer 2

earth

Question 3

chemical

Answer 3

elements/compounds

Question 4

cycle

Answer 4

loops

Question 5

matter gets _____

Answer 5

recycled

Question 6

the forms

Answer 6

water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus

Question 7

plants need water for

Answer 7

photosynthesis

Question 8

humans/animals need water for

Answer 8

body temperature, blood, removing toxins (peeing)

Question 9

plants need carbon for

Answer 9

making sugar

Question 10

humans need carbon for

Answer 10

skin, bones, muscles, organs

Question 11

humans need nitrogen for

Answer 11

proteins, genetics

Question 12

humans need phosphorus for

Answer 12

cell membranes, ATP, genetic material

Question 13

feedback loop

Answer 13

change of cause + effects (input and output)

Question 14

feedback loops can be

Answer 14

positive or negative

Question 15

negative feedback loop

Answer 15

minimize change (returning back to normal)

Question 16

example of negative feed back loop

Answer 16

sweating

Question 17

positive feedback loop

Answer 17

increases change away from normal

Question 18

example of positive feedback loop

Answer 18

erosion

Question 19

geosphere

Answer 19

rock at and below earth surface (mountains, soil, dirt)

Question 20

biosphere

Answer 20

living and once living things

Question 21

atmosphere

Answer 21

layers of gases

Question 22

hydrosphere

Answer 22

all water (salt, fresh, liquid, vapor, ice)

Question 23

system

Answer 23

network of parts, elements or components that interact

Question 24

systems receive and process ______ and produce ______

Answer 24

inputs , outputs

Question 25

systems don’t have _______

Answer 25

boundaries (difficult to know where one ends and where one begins)

Question 26

inputs for can include ______ energy and ___________ energy

Answer 26

solar , geothermal

Question 27

carbon is stored in the __________ and the _______

Answer 27

atmosphere , ocean

Question 28

humans __ impact biogeochemical cycles

Answer 28

do

Question 29

_________ are matter that organisms require for life processes

Answer 29

nutrients

Question 30

the phosphorus cycle is slow or fast

Answer 30

SLOW cause it’s mostly from rock

Question 31

respiration

Answer 31

use oxygen to relase chemical energy (sugars and water)

Question 32

examples of carbon moving into the atmosphere

Answer 32

respiration
volcanoes erupting

Question 33

examples of carbon moving out of the atmosphere

Answer 33

photosynthesis
ocean atmosphere exchange

Question 34

carbon in coal oil and gas comes from

Answer 34

dead organisms

Question 35

carbon in bodies return to environment by

Answer 35

decomposers break body down in simple compounds

Question 36

human processes mainly contribute to the

Answer 36

reales of carbon dioxide in atmosphere

Question 37

nitrogen fixation

Answer 37

bacteria converts nitrogen gas to ammonia

Question 38

denitrification

Answer 38

soil bacteria converts nitrates into nitrogen gas

Question 39

all organisms require nitrogen to make amino acids to then build ___________

Answer 39

carbohydrates

Question 40

plants absorb phosphate from

Answer 40

soil and water

Question 41

what is the most abundant gas

Answer 41

nitrogen

Question 42

________ ________ is taken up by producers during photosynthesis and released by cell respiration

Answer 42

carbon dioxide

Question 43

eutrophication

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-nitrogen/phosphorus runoff
-algae
-dead zone

Question 44

way to stop eurtrophication

Answer 44

reduce use/amount of fertilizer

Question 45

open system

Answer 45

energy

Question 46

closed system

Answer 46

matter