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Packet Earth cycles
Name period
4/20-24/09
Objective
To build booklet on H2O,C,N cycles which organizes
facts and data on Abiotic processes on earth
Standard
Biology #6 ecology D
water
carbon
nitrogen
2.
picture of Earth
Table of Contents
Water Cycle pg.3-7
Pic. Of water
Carbon Cycle pg. 8-12
Pic. Of carbon
Nitrogen Cycle pg 13-17
Pic. of Nitrogen
3.
H2O Cycle
Define:
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
Infiltration
4.
H2O Cycle
Draw picture of page 3 vocab
5.
H2O Cycle
Define:
Runoff
Ground Water
Aquifer
Transportation
6.
H2O Cycle
Pg. 559 1-5
7.
H2O Cycle
Give 5 uses of Water With Picture
8.
Carbon Cycle
Define:
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Burning
Decay
9.
Carbon Cycle
The Greenhouse Effect
Draw or Print & Define
10.
Carbon Cycle
P.566#1-4
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11.
Carbon Cycle
Copy picture in color p.565 (bottom right)
12.
Carbon Cycle
Give 4 examples (pictures) on how carbon is used.
13.
Nitrogen Cycle
Define:
Nitrogen fixation
Denitrification
Phosphorus cycle
fertilizer
14.
Nitrogen Cycle
Copy picture in color p.570 (top right)
15.
Nitrogen Cycle
 What are the sources of excess nitrogen?
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What are some of the negative effects of to much nitrogen?
16.
Nitrogen Cycle
Copy the last paragraph on P.571 and the first paragraph on p. 572
17.
Nitrogen Cycle
p.575 1-4
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18.
Earth Cycles
p.575 5-7
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19.
Earth Cycles
copy goals p. 580
20.
Earth Cycles
Give picture for each goal on p. 580
21.
Earth Cycles
Goals p.538
 Observe the effects of competition among plants for space and nutrients.
 Describe the possible effects of introducing a nonnative species into an
ecosystem.
 Explain why competition in nature is important.
22.
Earth Cycles
P.538 What do you think?
 Do plants need to compete among themselves in any given environment?
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If plants do compete, how do they do it?
23.
Earth Cycles
Goals p.553
 Measure the amount of water transpired by a plant.
 Describe the processes that take place in the water cycle.
 Provide examples of how human activities can affect the water cycle.
 Model the effects of acid rain on an ecosystem.
24.
Earth Cycles
p. 553 What do you think?
 Is it possible that the molecules of water that Caesar exhaled many centuries
ago, are still a part today’s environment?
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Is it possible that these molecules could become a part of you?