THE CYCLE

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Hydrologic (Watwe) Cycle

The movement of water through the biosphere

  • Transpiration- The process where plants release water from their leaves into the atmosphere.

  • Evapotranspiration- The combined amount of evaporation and transpiration.

  • Runoff- When water moves across the land surface into streams and rivers, eventually reaching the ocean.

<p>The movement of water through the biosphere</p><ul><li><p>Transpiration- The process where plants release water from their leaves into the atmosphere.</p></li><li><p>Evapotranspiration- The combined amount of evaporation and transpiration.</p></li><li><p>Runoff- When water moves across the land surface into streams and rivers, eventually reaching the ocean.</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Carbon Cycle

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Phosphorus Cycle

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Nitrogen Cycle

  • Nitrogen fixation: the process of creating ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen

  • assimilation: the formation of organic nitrogen compounds like amino acids from inorganic nitrogen compounds present in the environment

  • Ammonification: the process of converting organic nitrogen into ammonia

  • Nitrification: the process that converts ammonia to nitrite and then to nitrate

  • Denitrification: the process that converts nitrate to nitrogen gas, thus removing bioavailable nitrogen and returning it to the atmosphere

<ul><li><p><strong>Nitrogen fixation</strong>: the process of creating ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen</p></li><li><p>assimilation: the formation of organic nitrogen compounds like amino acids from inorganic nitrogen compounds present in the environment</p></li><li><p>Ammonification: the process of converting organic nitrogen into ammonia</p></li><li><p><strong>Nitrification</strong>: the process that converts ammonia to nitrite and then to nitrate</p></li><li><p><strong>Denitrification</strong>: the process that converts nitrate to nitrogen gas, thus removing bioavailable nitrogen and returning it to the atmosphere</p></li></ul><p></p>