Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles
1: What are Biogeochemical
Cycles?
There are pathways for molecules such as phosphorus , water or elements that move through the Earth.
2: What is a Reservoir of water?
Reservoir of water are different forms of water. It depends in how water is being held and different cycles occur in
different places.
3: What is Precipitation? Name a few types:
Precipitation
happens when water is in a condense matter that later on will become
rain. There is rain, etc.
4: What is Evaporation? Where does most of evaporation take place on Earth?
Evaporation is the process in where a liquid matter changes it
state to a gas or start condensing. Most of the evaporation takes place at the
ocean.
Sublimation?
It's when a matter is in a solid state and converts straight to a gas state.
Deposition?
Deposition is when a matter becomes a
gas.
5: What is Condensation?
Condensation is the process in where gas matter starts to condense.
6: What is Runoff? Where does it ultimately end up?
Runoff is the process in where gravity intervenes by pulling down all the liquid matters. They mostly end at the lowest point underground.
7: Why are oceans salty?
Ocean are salty because when water gets pull by gravity to the ocean it carries all the minerals that get from the ground on earth.
8: What are the 3 ways that the human body loses water?
The 3 ways where the body can loose water is when water gets evaporated from our skin , such as sweat. Another can be by being dehydrated and not having enough liquid.
9: What is evapotranspiration?
It is the process in where plants absorb water through their stem and is then transported to their leafs, then moments later evaporates.
10: Diagram the Water Cycle (Hydrologic)
(Diagram below)
Cycles?
There are pathways for molecules such as phosphorus , water or elements that move through the Earth.
2: What is a Reservoir of water?
Reservoir of water are different forms of water. It depends in how water is being held and different cycles occur in
different places.
3: What is Precipitation? Name a few types:
Precipitation
happens when water is in a condense matter that later on will become
rain. There is rain, etc.
4: What is Evaporation? Where does most of evaporation take place on Earth?
Evaporation is the process in where a liquid matter changes it
state to a gas or start condensing. Most of the evaporation takes place at the
ocean.
Sublimation?
It's when a matter is in a solid state and converts straight to a gas state.
Deposition?
Deposition is when a matter becomes a
gas.
5: What is Condensation?
Condensation is the process in where gas matter starts to condense.
6: What is Runoff? Where does it ultimately end up?
Runoff is the process in where gravity intervenes by pulling down all the liquid matters. They mostly end at the lowest point underground.
7: Why are oceans salty?
Ocean are salty because when water gets pull by gravity to the ocean it carries all the minerals that get from the ground on earth.
8: What are the 3 ways that the human body loses water?
The 3 ways where the body can loose water is when water gets evaporated from our skin , such as sweat. Another can be by being dehydrated and not having enough liquid.
9: What is evapotranspiration?
It is the process in where plants absorb water through their stem and is then transported to their leafs, then moments later evaporates.
10: Diagram the Water Cycle (Hydrologic)
(Diagram below)
1: All living things require what to create their bodies?
carbon.
2: What percentage of the human body is Carbon?
50%
3: How are plants involved in the Carbon Cycle? What happens to the Carbon?- how does it get back to the environment?
They absorb the oxygen and carbon that has been released into the atmosphere.
4: What happens to Carbon in the ocean? How does it get there? Where does it go?
The Ocean absorbs a lot of carbon matter. This is because it gets more easily dissolved and underwater plants will use it for the Chemosynthetic process.
5: What are shells made of? What happens when they fall to the bottom of the ocean?
Shells are made of carbon and photosynthesis. When they fall apart at the bottom of the ocean , they become rocks.
6: What happens to Limestone when it is dissolved in water?
It releases carbon dioxide.
7: What is happening with the excess Carbon in the atmosphere? Why is it important that some of the Carbon remains locked in the ground or in ice (glaciers, permafrost)?
The increasing of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is causing global warming. It is important that Carbon remains locked in the ground because when it's released it benefits our atmosphere.
8: What is a positive feedback loop?
Its when methane and carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere helping greenhouse gases to continue to cycle.