Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles
1: What are Biogeochemical Cycles?
Ways for molecules like water and carbon to get around Earth
2: What is a Reservoir of water?
Anyplace on Earth that has water.
3: What is Precipitation? Name a few types:
When water drops down from clouds. Like rain, snow, hail
4: What is Evaporation? Where does most of evaporation take
place on Earth?
Evaporation is when liquid changes from its state to a gas. It mostly takes place at the ocean.
Sublimation? When solids change to gasses.
Deposition? A gas turns into a solid
5: What is Condensation?
Water vapor that changes into droplets of water.
6: What is Runoff? Where does it ultimately end up? (Most of
it)
When gravity pulls water down to the lowest point in the ground. Most of it ends up in the ocean
7: Why are oceans salty?
Water moves around and gets the sediment mixed with the water.
8: What are the 3 ways that the human body loses water?
From sweating, breathing, and waste.
9: What is evapotranspiration?
Water is transported and goes through the plant and then goes up and evaporates.
10: Diagram the Water Cycle (Hydrologic)
Ways for molecules like water and carbon to get around Earth
2: What is a Reservoir of water?
Anyplace on Earth that has water.
3: What is Precipitation? Name a few types:
When water drops down from clouds. Like rain, snow, hail
4: What is Evaporation? Where does most of evaporation take
place on Earth?
Evaporation is when liquid changes from its state to a gas. It mostly takes place at the ocean.
Sublimation? When solids change to gasses.
Deposition? A gas turns into a solid
5: What is Condensation?
Water vapor that changes into droplets of water.
6: What is Runoff? Where does it ultimately end up? (Most of
it)
When gravity pulls water down to the lowest point in the ground. Most of it ends up in the ocean
7: Why are oceans salty?
Water moves around and gets the sediment mixed with the water.
8: What are the 3 ways that the human body loses water?
From sweating, breathing, and waste.
9: What is evapotranspiration?
Water is transported and goes through the plant and then goes up and evaporates.
10: Diagram the Water Cycle (Hydrologic)
1: All living things require what to create their bodies?
All living things need Nitrogen and phosphorus
2: What percentage of the human body is Carbon?
19%
3: How are plants involved in the Carbon Cycle? What happens to the
Carbon?- how does it get back to the environment?
Plants use carbon for photosynthesis and they make oxygen out of it. Then they release it.
4: What happens to Carbon in the ocean? How does it get there?
Where does it go?
Organisms like plankton use it to get energy and some creatures use it to make a shell. It can go in the rain, the air, and it can go back in the ocean.
5: What are shells made of? What happens when they fall to the
bottom of the ocean?
It is made up of calcium carbonate. When it falls back, it creates limestone.
6: What happens to Limestone when it is dissolved in water?
It breaks up into carbonic acid and 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)?
Carbon is trapping some of the heat to Earth, heating it up creating global climate change. The ground or ice can trap carbon in it.
8: What is positive feedback loop? Hint: What is happening with
global warming?
More and more carbon is being released making the planet hotter and the cycle of it is going to repeat every time.
9: Diagram the Carbon Cycle below:
All living things need Nitrogen and phosphorus
2: What percentage of the human body is Carbon?
19%
3: How are plants involved in the Carbon Cycle? What happens to the
Carbon?- how does it get back to the environment?
Plants use carbon for photosynthesis and they make oxygen out of it. Then they release it.
4: What happens to Carbon in the ocean? How does it get there?
Where does it go?
Organisms like plankton use it to get energy and some creatures use it to make a shell. It can go in the rain, the air, and it can go back in the ocean.
5: What are shells made of? What happens when they fall to the
bottom of the ocean?
It is made up of calcium carbonate. When it falls back, it creates limestone.
6: What happens to Limestone when it is dissolved in water?
It breaks up into carbonic acid and 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)?
Carbon is trapping some of the heat to Earth, heating it up creating global climate change. The ground or ice can trap carbon in it.
8: What is positive feedback loop? Hint: What is happening with
global warming?
More and more carbon is being released making the planet hotter and the cycle of it is going to repeat every time.
9: Diagram the Carbon Cycle below: