FINAL EXAM - Decomp & Biogeochemical

Question 1

Nutrients

Answer 1

Essential for normal metabolism, growth, and reproduction

Question 2

Biogeochemical Cycle

Answer 2

The path an element takes as it moves from abiotic systems through producers, consumer, and decomposers and back again.

Question 3

Soil Organic Matter

Answer 3

A complex mixture of partially and completely decomposed detritus

Question 3

Humus

Answer 3

State for when detritus becomes completely decayed

Question 4

Watersheds

Answer 4

Areas drained by a single stream

Question 5

Aqufiers

Answer 5

Layers of porous rock, sand, or gravel that are saturated in water

Question 6

Water Table

Answer 6

The upper limit of the underground layer of soul that is saturated with stored water

Question 7

Eutropication

Answer 7

When nitrogen-based runoff causes algal blooms in aquatic ecosystems

Question 8

Global Phosphorus Cycle

Answer 8

Tracks the movement of phosphorus among terrestrial and aquatic systems

Question 9

Global Carbon Cycle

Answer 9

Documents the movement of carbon among terrestrial ecosystems, the oceans, sediments, and the atmosphere