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3-3 Cycles of Matter
How does matter move among the living
and nonliving parts of an ecosystem?
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Recycling in the Biosphere
Recycling in the Biosphere
Energy and matter move through the
biosphere very differently.
Unlike the one-way flow of energy,
matter is recycled within and between
ecosystems.
Biogeochemical Cycles
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The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle
All living things require water to survive.
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The Water Cycle
Water moves between the ocean, atmosphere, and land.
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Nutrient Cycles
How are nutrients important in living
systems?
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Nutrient Cycles
Nutrient Cycles
All the chemical substances that an organism
needs to sustain life are its nutrients.
Every living organism needs nutrients to
build tissues and carry out essential life
functions.
Similar to water, nutrients are passed
between organisms and the environment
through biogeochemical cycles.
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Nutrient Cycles
The Carbon Cycle
Carbon is a key ingredient of living tissue.
Biological processes, such as photosynthesis,
respiration, and decomposition, take up and
release carbon and oxygen.
Geochemical processes, such as erosion and
volcanic activity, release carbon dioxide to the
atmosphere and oceans.
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CO2 in
Atmosphere
Photosynthesis
feeding
Volcanic
activity
Respiration
Decomposition
Human
activity
Erosion
CO2 in Ocean
Respiration
Uplift
Deposition
Photosynthesis
Fossil fuel
feeding
Deposition
Carbonate
Rocks
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Nutrient Cycles
The Nitrogen Cycle
All organisms require nitrogen to make proteins.
Although nitrogen gas is the most abundant form of
nitrogen on Earth, only certain types of bacteria can use
this form directly.
Such bacteria live in the soil and on the roots of plants
called legumes. They convert nitrogen gas into ammonia in
a process known as nitrogen fixation.
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N2 in
Atmosphere
Synthetic fertilizer
manufacturer
Uptake by
producers
Bacterial
nitrogen fixation
Atmospheric
nitrogen fixation
Decomposition
Reuse by
consumers
Decomposition
excretion
NH3
Uptake by
producers
Reuse by
consumers
Decomposition
excretion
NO3 and
NO2
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Nutrient Cycles
Other soil bacteria convert nitrates into nitrogen gas
in a process called denitrification.
This process releases nitrogen into the atmosphere
once again.
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The Phosphorus Cycle
Phosphorus is essential to organisms because it
helps forms important molecules like DNA and
RNA.
Most phosphorus exists in the form of inorganic
phosphate. Inorganic phosphate is released into
the soil and water as sediments wear down.
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Organic phosphate
moves through the
food web and to the
rest of the ecosystem.
Nutrient Cycles
Organisms
Land
Ocean
Sediments
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Nutrient Limitation
Nutrient Limitation
The primary productivity of an ecosystem is the
rate at which organic matter is created by
producers.
One factor that controls the primary productivity of
an ecosystem is the amount of available nutrients.
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Nutrient Limitation
If a nutrient is in short supply, it will limit an
organism's growth.
When an ecosystem is limited by a single nutrient
that is scarce or cycles very slowly, this substance is
called a limiting nutrient.
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Nutrient Limitation
When an aquatic ecosystem receives a large input of
a limiting nutrient—such as runoff from heavily
fertilized fields—the result is often an immediate
increase in the amount of algae and other producers.
This result is called an algal bloom.
Algal blooms can disrupt the equilibrium of an
ecosystem.
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Transpiration is part of the
a. water cycle.
b. carbon cycle.
c. nitrogen cycle.
d. phosphorus cycle.
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Carbon is found in the atmosphere in the form of
a. carbohydrates.
b. carbon dioxide.
c. calcium carbonate.
d. ammonia.
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Biologists describe nutrients as moving through
cycles because the substances
a. start as simple organic forms that plants
need.
b. provide “building blocks” and energy that
organisms need.
c. are passed between organisms and the
environment and then back to organisms.
d. are needed by organisms to carry out life
processes.
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The only organisms that can convert nitrogen in
the atmosphere into a form useful to living things
are nitrogen-fixing
a. plants.
b. bacteria.
c. detritivores.
d. animals.
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When an aquatic ecosystem receives a large
input of a limiting nutrient, the result is
a. runoff.
b. algal death.
c. algal bloom.
d. less primary productivity.
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