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The Water Cycle
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Precipitation
• Water that has condensed in the air
forms clouds
• Drops fall to Earth and accumulate
in oceans and lakes
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Evaporation
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• Plants and animals need water to
live
• Water is pulled from bodies of
water or from the ground
(groundwater)
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Precipitation
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• Plants and animals return water to
environment through transpiration
• Animals return water to ground and
bodies of water through urine
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Evaporation
Evaporation
• Water from oceans, lakes, and other
bodies of water re-enters the
atmosphere through evaporation
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The Carbon Cycle
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Photosynthesis
• Plants use CO2 from the
atmosphere to make high-energy
carbon molecules
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Respiration
Gas Exchange Metabolism
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Metabolism
• Organisms eat high energy carbon
molecules for growth
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Decomposition
Respiration
• CO2 is released through aerobic
respiration (breathing, for example)
• Is done by plants and animals
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Metabolism
Decomposition
Photosynthesis
Waste
• Carbonates released into ground
and water supply
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Photosynthesis
Decomposition
Gas Exchange
Gas Exchange
• CO2 is exchanged between the air
and water
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Photosynthesis
Decomposition
• When organisms die and decay, the
carbon molecules in them enter the
soil.
• Microorganisms break down the
molecules, releasing CO2
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Metabolism
Photosynthesis
Pollution
Pollution
• Remains of dead organisms are
converted into fossil fuels (over
millions of years!)
• Combustion, burning, of fossil fuels
and wood releases CO2
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The Nitrogen Cycle
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Nitrogen Fixation
• Lightning and bacteria convert
atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates
(NO3) and ammonia (NH3)
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Protein
Production
Protein Production
• Plants use nitrogen molecules to
make amino acids (amino acids
make up proteins in the plant body)
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Nitrogen Fixation Conversion
Consumers
• Consumers eat plants, and use the
plant proteins in their bodies
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Protein Production Waste
Waste
• Decomposers break down animal
and plant matter into nitrogen
compounds
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Conversion
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Pollution
Return to Atmosphere
• Nitrogen compounds break down
into gas and return to air
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Nitrogen Fixation
Runoff
• Runoff of nitrates in fertilizers enters
groundwater and soil
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Protein Production
Pollution
• Nitrous Oxide from burning fossil
fuels falls as Nitric Acid in rainwater
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Waste
Question 1: What would happen to
primary producers and consumers if
nitrogen-fixing bacteria were removed
from the ecosystem?
Question 2: Grandma Johnson had very sentimental
feelings toward Johnson Canyon, Utah, where she and
her late husband had honeymooned long ago. Her
feelings toward this spot were such that upon her death
she requested to be buried under a creosote bush
overlooking the canyon.
Trace the path of a CARBON atom from Grandma
Johnson’s remains to where it could become part of a
hawk.
Note: A hawk is a carnivore, but it did NOT dig up and
consume Grandma Johnson’s remains!!!