Ecology Exam - Nutrient Cycles

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3 questions
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1) Name three (3) long term reservoirs of the water cycle.
2) Discuss an adverse environmental impact that could occur if you interupt (short ciruct) one of the reservoirs that you have named.

5

1) Use the following terms to draw a diagram of the carbon cycle. Use arrows to show the flow of carbon through your cycle.
2) Draw circles around reservoirs that are considered long term reservoirs of carbon.
- Sun
- Photosynthesis
- Plant and animal respiration
- Animal consupmtion
- Dead organisms and waste products
- Auto and factory emmisions
- Fossil Fuels
- Carbon dioxide gas
- Ocean uptake

3

Nitrogen gas (N2) is an inert gas in the atmosphere that can not be directly used by plants and animals. What are three (3) ways nitrogen gas can be converted into usable form of nitrogen.