BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES—QUIZLET VOCABULARY biogeochemical cycles: nitrogen fixing bacteria: cycles by which bacteria nutirents circulate through an ecosystem that lives in roots of legumes and using biotic and abiotic components convert atmosphere nitrogen into carbon cycle: the circulation and ammonia nutrients: reutilization of carbon atoms especially via matter that the process of photosynthesis and organisms require for their life respiration processes cellular respiration: phosphorus cycle: the process by The which cells produce energy from movement of phosphorus atoms from carbohydrates; atmospheric oxygen rocks through the biosphere and combines with glucose to form water and hydrosphere and back to rocks photosynthesis: carbon dioxide process by condensation: the process by which which plants use the sun's energy to molecules of water vapor in the air become convert water and carbon dioxide liquid water into sugars consumers: precipitation: organisms, mainly animals, the falling to that must eat other organisms to obtain earth of any form of water (rain or nutrients snow or hail or sleet or mist) de-nitrifying bacteria: primary producers: the process in the soil when "fixed" nitrogen turns back organisms, including plants and into free nitrogen and get released back into algae, that produce their own food respiration: the air a breathing decomposers: organisms, such as process in which plants and animals bacteria and that break down wastes consume oxygen and release carbon and dead organisms dioxide emissions: run-Off: pollutants/greenhouse gases water that flows that are released into the atmosphere by over the ground surface rather than burning of fossil fuels soaking into the ground eutrophication: transpiration: addition of phosphorus the emission to bodies of water in the amount that can of water vapor from the leaves of lead to the overgrowth of producers, usually plants water cycle (hydrologic algae evaporation: cycle): the process by which the continuous cycle of the water changes from liquid form to an transfer of water through an atmospheric gas ecosystem, which involves groundwater: water that fills the cracks evaporation, transpiration, and spaces in underground soil and rock condensation, and precipitation layers law of conservation of matter: matter may be transformed from one type to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed nitrogen cycle: the circulation and reutilization of nitrogen in both inorganic and organic phases
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES—QUIZLET VOCABULARY biogeochemical cycles: cycles by which nutirents circulate through an ecosystem using biotic and abiotic components carbon cycle: the circulation and reutilization of carbon atoms especially via the process of photosynthesis and respiration cellular respiration: the process by which cells produce energy from carbohydrates; atmospheric oxygen combines with glucose to form water and carbon dioxide condensation: the process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water consumers: organisms, mainly animals, that must eat other organisms to obtain nutrients de-nitrifying bacteria: the process in the soil when "fixed" nitrogen turns back into free nitrogen and get released back into the air decomposers: organisms, such as bacteria and that break down wastes and dead organisms emissions: pollutants/greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere by burning of fossil fuels eutrophication: addition of phosphorus to bodies of water in the amount that can lead to the overgrowth of producers, usually algae evaporation: the process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas groundwater: water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers law of conservation of matter: matter may be transformed from one type to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed nitrogen cycle: the circulation and reutilization of nitrogen in both inorganic and organic phases nitrogen fixing bacteria: bacteria that lives in roots of legumes and convert atmosphere nitrogen into ammonia nutrients: matter that organisms require for their life processes phosphorus cycle: The movement of phosphorus atoms from rocks through the biosphere and hydrosphere and back to rocks photosynthesis: process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars precipitation: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) primary producers: organisms, including plants and algae, that produce their own food respiration: a breathing process in which plants and animals consume oxygen and release carbon dioxide run-Off: water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground transpiration: the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants water cycle (hydrologic cycle): the continuous cycle of the transfer of water through an ecosystem, which involves evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation
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