Ecology Task 6

Question 1

Vapor transport

Answer 1

• water cycle
  The movement of water through the atmosphere.

Question 2

Precipitation

Answer 2

• the water cycle
  Water going back to earth in forms of rains. Ice or snow.

Question 3

Runoff

Answer 3

• the water cycle
  Precipitating that does not soak into the soil.

Question 4

Percolation

Answer 4

• the water cycle
  The movement of water through soil

Question 5

Evaporation

Answer 5

• the water cycle
  Liquid water to gas that condenses to form clouds in the atmosphere.

Question 6

Transpiration

Answer 6

• the water cycle
  The water evaporates form plants into the atmosphere.

Question 7

Absorption

Answer 7

• the water cycle
  Plant absorbing water form the soil

Question 8

Groundwater flow

Answer 8

• the water cycle
  Water moving downward and sideways through spaces and creeks underground.

Question 9

Respiration

Answer 9

• the carbon cycle
  Animals and plants need to get rid of carbon dioxide so through respiration the take in oxygen and put out carbon dioxide.

Question 10

Decay/ decomposition

Answer 10

• the carbon cycle
  When plants and animals die their bodies leave decay, bringing carbon to the ground.

Question 11

Carbon sink

Answer 11

• the carbon cycle
  Something they whosoever carbon dioxide from the atmosphere the ought oceans or forest.

Question 12

Fossil fuel production

Answer 12

• the carbon cycle
  The remains of animals and plants as they decompose with heat and pressure.

Question 13

Combustion

Answer 13

• the carbon cycle
  This process releases stored carbon into the atmosphere and creates greenhouse gases.

Question 14

N-fixing bacteria

Answer 14

• the nitrogen cycle
  Reduced atmospheric nitrogen and converts it to ammonia.

Question 15

Decomposition

Answer 15

• the nitrogen cycle
  The process of fungi and procarytes decompose the tissue and release inorganic nitrogen.

Question 16

Deamination

Answer 16

• the nitrogen cycle
  Amine is removed from the amine acids.

Question 17

Nitrification

Answer 17

A process by which ammonia are oxidized into nitrites and nitrates.

Question 18

Dentrification

Answer 18

Concerts nitrites and nitrates back into atmosphere into nitrogen

Question 19

Lithosphere

Answer 19

The hard part of earth surface.

Question 20

Hydrosphere

Answer 20

All the after found in earth including lakes, oceans and groundwater.

Question 21

Nutrient

Answer 21

A chemical that is essential to living things and is cycled to through ecosystems.

Question 22

Terrestrial ecosystem

Answer 22

An ecosystem that is land based

Question 23

Aquatic ecosystem

Answer 23

An ecosystem that is water based.

Question 24

Transpiration

Answer 24

Is when water enters the roots and travels upward’ through vascular tubes made out of dead cells and evaporates through the stomata.

Question 25

Aquifer

Answer 25

Is a body of rock or sediment that holds groundwater.

Question 26

Autotrophs

Answer 26

Are self feeders or photosynthesiszers. Like plants or algae.

Question 27

Heterotrophs

Answer 27

Other feeders, like humans. And the carbon is passed through webs and food chains consume organic molecules.

Question 28

Limiting nutrient

Answer 28

Is the nutrient the tie is shortest supply and limits growth.

Question 29

Dead zones

Answer 29

Are areas of water bodies where aquatic life cannot survive because of low oxygen levels .

Question 30

Dead zones

Answer 30

Are areas of water where aquatic life cannot survive because of low oxygen levels.

Question 31

Organic compound

Answer 31

Any nutrient cycle that is cycled and reused.

Question 32

Nitrogen stores

Answer 32

Oceans, soils, atmosphere

Question 33

Difference between aquatic nitrogen cycle

Answer 33

It can turn into a sediment.

Question 34

Three human activities that effect the nutrient cycles

Answer 34

- deforestation, carbon cycle - burning fossil fuels, carbon cycle - phosphorus as fertilizers, phosphorus cycle