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Why must matter cycle?
Since matter can neither be created nor destroyed, and Earth is a closed system, these essential nutrients must be continuously cycled
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List the stages of the water cycle
Precipitation, infiltration, runoff, evaporation, transpiration, condensation
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List the stages of the carbon cycle
Photosynthesis, cellular respiration, consumption, decomposition, fossilization, combustion
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List the stages of the nitrogen cycle
Nitrogen fixation, consumption, decomposition, ammonification, nitrification, denitrification
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Unique feature of water cycle
Driven by the sun
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Unique feature of carbon cycle
Fossilization
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Unique feature of nitrogen cycle
No step completed without living organisms
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Human impact on water cycle
Pollution contaminates water
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Non-human impact on water cycle
Organisms release water when breaking down food for energy
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Human impact on carbon cycle
Burning fossil fuels causes huge uptick of CO2 in atmosphere
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Non-human impact on carbon cycle
Decomposers break down carbon from dead organisms
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Human impact on nitrogen cycle
Fertilizers add way too much nitrogen to soil
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Non-human impact on nitrogen cycle
Decomposers break down dead matter and return nitrogen to the soil
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Vocab: biogeochemical cycle
The movement of a particular form of matter through the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem
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Aquifer
An underground layer of permeable rock that can hold water
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Eutrophication
When a body of water becomes overly enriched with nutrients, causing excessive algae growth
