SNC1D Nutrient Cycle Worksheet Name: ______

Define: (Refer to Page 27)

·  Nutrient: ______

______

·  Element ______

______

Carbon Cycle:

1.  What are the 4 sources/processes that add carbon to the atmosphere?

·  ______

·  ______

·  ______

·  ______

2.  What are the 2sources/processes that remove carbon from the atmosphere?

·  ______

·  ______

· 

3.  Examples of biotic reservoirs of carbons are: (Refer page 27)

·  ______

·  ______

4.  Examples of abiotic reservoirs of carbons are:

·  ______

·  ______

Complete the Nitrogen Cycle below.(from quizbiology.com)

A.______

B. ______

C. ______

D. ______

E. ______

F. ______

G. ______

SNC1D NUTRIENT CYCLES NAME:

Read Pages 22 to 27.

Use Figure 1.22 to label the following diagram.

Use Figure 1.24 to answer the following questions:

1.How do animals take part in the carbon cycle?

2.How do plants take part in the carbon cycle?

3.How does the ocean take part in the carbon cycle?

4.What is the problem with burning fossil fuels?

5.What happens when CO2builds up in the atmosphere? What is this process called?

6. Plants absorb CO2to build ______in the process of ______.

7.All organism release CO2in the process of ______.

8. How does carbon move from land to ocean?

9.How does carbon sometimes leave the carbon cycle?

10. Name one human activity that has increased the amount of CO2in the atmosphere significantly in the last 200 years?

11.Why does clearing forests cause a problem?

12. What two factors can absorb most but not all of the excess CO2in the atmosphere?

13.What are the dangers of the Greenhouse Effects?

SNC1D Ecology Terms (1.2) NAME: ______

# / TERM / DEFINITION/EXPLANATION AND EXAMPLE
1 / Nutrient
3 / Element
4 / Nutrient Cycle
5 / Reservoir
6 / Run-off
7 / Aquifers
8 / Nitrogen fixation
9 / Nitrogen fixing bacteria
10 / Nitrifying bacteria
11 / Denitrifying bacteria
12 / Biotic carbon reservoir
13 / Abiotic carbon reservoir
14 / Chlorophyll
15 / Photosynthesis
16 / Cellular respiration
17 / Producer
18 / Consumer
19 / decomposer
20 / Scavenger
21 / Detritivore
22 / Herbivore
23 / Carnivore
24 / Omnivore
25 / Predator
26 / Prey
27 / Food web