CYCLING OF MATTER

Chapter 4, Section 3

Water Cycle

The return of water tothe surface in the form ofrain, snow, sleet, hail, etc.= ____________________

The evaporation of water from the surface of plant leaves = ________________

http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/hmv1/watrshed/Etrans.htm

TRANSPIRATION

PRECIPITATION

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WATER CYCLE

Carbon Cycle

BIOLOGY; Miller and Levine; Prentice Hall; 2006

Where does CO2 in atmosphere come from?

1. Volcanic Activity2. Human Activity3. Cellular Respiration4. Decomposition of dead organisms

Nitrogen Cycle

PHOSPHORUS CYCLE

Weathering wears away rocks and sediments and releases phosphate into soil and water

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Producers absorb phosphate from soil and water

Phosphate moves through food web

Phosphate returns to soil and water from waste or decomposition

Sediments form “new land”to complete cycle