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 to  Water,  Carbon  and  Nitrogen  Cycle  Worksheet  


 
The  Water  Cycle    
 
1.  
• Water  is  important  in  photosynthesis,  digestion,  and  cellular  respiration.    
• A  habitat  for  many  species  
• Participates  in  the  cycling  of  other  chemicals/minerals.    
2. The  hydrologic  cycle    
3. Gravity    
4. Water  evaporates  from  the  leaves  of  plants    
5. Amount  of  precipitation  in  the  area  
6. A  water  saturated  zone  of  soil  and  rock  where  water  seeps  in  underground  
and  is  brought  to  the  ocean.    
7. Run  Off  and  Seepage  from  the  land  into  aquifers.    
8. Flow  from  rivers,  melting  snow  and  glaciers.    
9. Over  80%    
10. 52%    
 
The  Carbon  Cycle    
 
1. Macronutrients  are  those  that  the  body  uses  in  large  quantities.  
Micronutrients  are  those  used  in  smaller  trace  quantities.    
2.  
• Produces:  Perform  photosynthesis  to  produce  glucose  
• Secondary  Consumers  (There  was  a  mistake  on  the  question):  Eat  
animals  that  eat  producers.    
• Note:  The  text  is  mistaken,  primary  consumers  eat  producers.    
• Decomposers:  Feed  on  dead  or  waste  matter  to  obtain  nutrients.    
3. The  atmosphere  in  the  form  of  CO2  
4. Through  photosynthesis  
5. They  create  sugars  such  as  glucose,  cellulose  and  starch.    
6. Through  respiration  and  the  release  of  CO2  as  a  waste  product.    
7. See  #2  a)    
8. They  begin  to  decay  and  are  broken  down  by  decomposers.    
9. They  are  the  decomposers  that  break  down  dead  matter  and  return  the  
carbon  to  the  atmosphere  through  their  own  respiration.    
10. CO2  dissolves  in  the  ocean  water  and  becomes  calcium  carbonate  for  shells  
and  other  crustaceans.    
• Interesting  fact!  You  know  that  CO2  in  water  makes  the  water  more  
acidic  (the  pH  goes  down).  When  the  ocean  water  becomes  to  acidic  it  
begins  to  kill  the  coral  reefs.  This  is  a  major  effect  of  global  warming.    
 
 
 
The  Nitrogen  Cycle:    
 
1. About  78%  of  the  air  in  N2  gas.    
2. It  is  an  essential  part  of  amino  acids,  nucleic  acids  (DNA  –  deoxyribose  
nucleic  acid),  ATP  and  ADP.    
3. The  nitrogen  gas  from  the  atmosphere  needs  to  be  fixed  and  transformed  by  
bacteria  into  nitrates  and  ammonia.    
4. These  bacteria  convert  N2  gas  into  ammonia.    
5. The  soil  is  a  major  reservoir  for  ammonia.    
6. Primary  consumers  use  the  nitrogen  consumed  from  producers  to  synthesize  
amino  acids,  proteins,  and  nucleic  acids.    
7. Nitrates  are  converted  back  into  N2  gas  for  the  atmosphere.  Other  bacteria  
and  fungi  do  this.    
 
The  Phosphorus  Cycle:    
 
1.  
• Phosphorus  is  in  ATP  (P-­‐  phosphate  groups)  and  NADPH  (from  
photosynthesis).    
• It  is  part  of  the  DNA  molecule  (considered  a  part  of  the  backbone  of  
the  molecule)  
• It  creates  the  phospholipid  bilayer  (cell  membrane)    
2. It  dissolves  into  the  water  that  flows  into  rivers  and  streams.    
3. Once  phosphorus  combines  with  oxygen  in  the  water  it  forms  phosphates,  
which  can  be  absorbed  by  plants,  microorganisms  and  bacteria.  Once  within  
these  plants,  microorganisms  and  bacteria  they  can  be  used  to  synthesize  
organic  molecules.    
4. The  phosphates  are  returned  to  the  water  from  dead  organisms  and  can  be  
reabsorbed  by  other  live  organisms.    
5. Most  of  it  becomes  a  part  of  the  sediment.    
6.  
a. Gets  taken  up  into  the  shells  and  bones  of  some  organisms.    
b. Makes  it’s  way  through  the  food  chain  just  as  it  does  on  land  and  other  
smaller  bodies  of  water.    
7. Phosphorus  never  gets  into  the  atmosphere.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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