Water & Cycles of Matter Checkpoint

here's the packet to study for the quiz!

True or False: Water can dissolve more substances than any other fluid on earth.

True.

The majority of what water can do is because of which characteristic of water?

Water is a small, polar molecule.

What is meant by the fact that water is a "polar" molecule?

Water has an uneven distribution of electric charge distributed, through the molecule.

The bond one water molecule has with another water molecule results in what is known as a(n)

Hydrogen Bond.

Capillary action involves, the following two properties of water; adhesion, which is water tends to bond with other water molecules, and ___________, which is that water tends to bond with other polar molecules too.

Cohesion.

Which example is not an effect of waters high heat capacity.

Organisms have to work harder to maintain their temperature, because they are made of water.

The biogeochemical cycles are important for us to study and acknowledge for all of the following reasons but which?

The cycle illustrates, that the necessary elements of the earths, are finite and unsustainable. We should be very aware of the fact that all resources, will run out if man continues to use these.

Nitrogen fixation

Converts N2 >NH3.

Nitrification

Converts NH3 >NO3.

Assimilation

The intake of NO3 > plants.

Ammonification

Converts Proteins and waste from animals >NH3.

Denitrification

Converts NO3 >N2.

Photosynthesis

Converts CO2 > sugar.

Cellular respiration

Converts sugar > CO2.

Combustion

Converts the carbon in fossil fuels > CO2.

Transpiration

Converts liquid H20 in leaves > vapor into the atmosphere.

Condensation

Converts vapor H20 > liquid H20 molecules in the atmosphere.

Evaporation

Converts liquid H20 in standing water > into vapor H20.

How is nitrogen converted from an unusable gas into a useable compound for plants?

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria converts NH2 into ammonia so the plants can use it.