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Definitions
a.) excess water from rain and melting snow flows over the land
releasing inorganic phosphates from rocks
b.) organic phosphates are converted into inorganic phosphates in
sediments on the ocean floor
c.) sediments containing inorganic phosphates flow under the earth's
crust as the oceanic plate is pulled under the continental plate; later,
movements of the earth's crust lift large pieces of land and build
mountains
d.) changes in ocean flow caused by wind or geographic features, where
cold, nutrient-rich water rises to the surface, replacing warm,
nutrient-depleted surface water
e.) inorganic phosphates dissolved in water is absorbed by plants and
other autotrophs and are converted to more useful
molecules/compounds
f.) an immediate increase in the amount of algae and other producers
that results from a large input of a limiting nutrient (phosphorus
containing compounds)
g.) heterotrophic organisms (usually herbivores) feed on autotrophic
organisms to obtain energy and other nutrients
h.) organic phosphates from the ocean is brought to soil by fish eating
sea birds that fly to isolated islands to reproduce
i.) fungi and bacteria break down dead organic matter; organic
compounds/biomolecules are converted to simpler molecules
containing phosphorus (organic phosphates)
Vocabulary terms
a.) algal bloom
b.) decomposition
c.) deposition
d.) excretion
e.) extraction
f.) fertilizer application
g.) nucleic acid synthesis
h.) plate-tectonics, subduction, uplift
i.) primary consumption
j.) primary consumption
Types of nitrogen containing compounds involved
a.) inorganic phosphates (use 4x)
b.) inorganic phosphates --> organic phosphates --> nucleotides (use
twice)
c.) nucleic acids --> nucleotides and organic phosphates (use 5x)
Reservoirs involved
a.) biomass (use 5x)
b.) biomass --> soil + rivers + lakes + ocean (use 3x)
c.) deep in the earth’s crust --> land
d.) land
e.) land --> soil
f.) ocean --> ocean floor
g.) ocean --> soil (use twice)
h.) ocean floor --> deep in the earth’s crust
i.) ocean floor --> ocean surface
j.) rivers + lakes + ocean
k.) soil --> rivers --> ocean
l.) soil + rivers + lakes + ocean --> biomass (use twice)
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j.)
heterotrophic organisms (usually carnivores) feed on other
heterotrophic organisms to obtain energy and other nutrients
k.) an increase in the amount of a limiting nutrient (phosphorus
containing compounds) in the soil by humans
l.) organic phosphates is lost from the body as organisms remove
nitrogen wastes and feces
m.) heterotrophic organisms (usually herbivores) feed on autotrophic
organisms to obtain energy and other nutrients
n.) process of assembling nucleotides using information encoded in
DNA to produce DNA or RNA; also includes production of ADP and
nucleotides
o.) water-carried waste intended to be removed, includes nitrogenous
wastes and feces
p.) organic phosphates in the soil is brought to ocean by rivers
q.) inorganic phosphates dissolved in water is absorbed by plants and
other autotrophs and are converted to more useful
molecules/compounds
r.) organic phosphates from the ocean is brought to soil and rivers by
salmon that swim upstream to reproduce
s.) process by which inorganic phosphate containing rocks are
extracted and removed from the earth by mining
t.) heterotrophic organisms (usually carnivores) feed on other
heterotrophic organisms to obtain energy and other nutrients
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secondary consumption
secondary consumption
sewage
surface runoff, erosion
transport from ocean to soil
transport from ocean to soil and rivers
transport to ocean from soil and rivers
uptake by producers
uptake by producers
upwelling
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organic phosphate --> nucleotides --> nucleic acids
organic phosphates (use 7x)
organic phosphates --> inorganic phosphates