| Term | Definition |
|---|
| greenhouse gasses | allows the light to come through, but does not allow infared back through ________effect or _______ ___________ (answer the second one) |
| transpiration | the loss of water through plants during photosynthesis (CO2 in and water out) |
| evapotranspiration | evaporation/transpiration |
| 25% | ____ of participation becomes ground water |
| 12% | ____of participation becomes runnoff |
| 66%, evapotranspiration | ____of participation becomes participation again through________ |
| Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorous, Sulfur | CHNOPS |
| CHNOPS | ___________ is an mnemonic for remembering the atoms/molecules that make up 95% or more of the atmosphere. |
| tersteral, marine, lithosphere, atmosphere | the carbon cycle has for mini sections... name them |
| sediments, sandstone, limestone | carbon is mainly stored in _______ as parts of ________ and _______________. |
| CaCo3 | calcium carbonate |
| temperature of the water | the amount of saturation depends on the _________________ |
| lithofied | the process when sediment is turned into rock |
| 5-6 | rainwater is normally a _________on the pH scale |
| covalent | nitrogen forms ________ bonds |
| lighting strike, industrially, by bacteria, aerobic | three ways of nitrification, nitrification is also_________ |
| in noduels, on the roots of a legume plant | where do the bacteria that help with nitrification live? |
| apatite | is the mineral in which phosphorus is found naturally |
| guano | poop... phosphorus is also found in this |
| by bacteria, anerobic | denitrification |
| by bacteria in legumes, by blue-green algae, anaerobic | nitrogen fixation |
| by bacteria, aerobic | ammonification |
| carbon chains | the backbone for many organic materials |
| hydrogen | most common in living things |
| nitrogen | used in molecules of protein, energy flow, and DNA |
| oxygen | used in carbohydrates, fats, almost all organic compounds |
| phosphorus | used in DNA, molecues that carry energy |
| sulfur | used in protiens&amino acids |
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