Unit 1 APES

How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Nitrogen Fixation

• ammonification

Answer explanation

Photosynthesis Formula:

CO₂ + H₂O>>>> C₆H₁₂O₆ + O₂

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Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, Sedimentation, Burial, and Decomposition are all ​ (a)   in the Carbon cycle

• Biological Processes
• Carbonic Processes
• Hydronic Processes
• Energy Processes

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In the food web, which organisms release the carbon from dead things back into the environment?

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Process where water leaves a plant through small openings called stomata?

The energy that drives the water cycle comes from

• solar radiation

• geothermal heat

• Carbon Dioxide Emissions

• Convection

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This depicts the ​ (a)   cycle

• Hydrologic
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus
• Carbon
• Calvin

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Which compound must be chemically transformed before it can be used by plants?

• CO2

• N

• N2

• CO

• H2O

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Match each step of a cycle with their corresponding process

• Carbon Cycle

• Percolation

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Denitrification

• Phosphorus Cycle

• Exchange

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Geo-Political Uplift

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Organize these steps and traits into the right cycles

Groups:

(a) Phosphorus Cycle

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(b) Hydrologic Cycle

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(c) Nitrogen Cycle

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(d) Carbon Cycle

• Human Impact is the burning of FFS

• Slowest Cycle

• No atmospheric component

• Photosynthesis

• assimilation

• Exchange

• Percolation

• denitrification

• Infiltration

• ammonification

• Excretion & Decomposition

• Cellular Respiration

• Sedimentation

• Weathering

• Transpiration

• Main element is scarce in aquatic biomes

• _______ fixation

• Element is the limiting factor in undisturbed ecosystems

• Human Impact is overdraft/use

• Two rates

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Nitrogen Fixation

• N2 being converted into a useable version for plants/animals

• NH3 converted into NO2- and then NO3

• The conversion of NO3 into N2O which returns to the atmosphere

• The constant dissolving of NO2 when moved to and from the atmosphere and ocean

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