The Carbon Cycle ● Denitrifying __________ use nitrate as an __________

● __________=building block of life. source, releasing nitrogen gas into the atmosphere as a
● List sources of carbon found in our environment: _________ product.
o _____________
o Bicarbonate
o Fossil fuels
o __________ ________
● Which two organisms most commonly transfer carbon?
__________ & ______________
● What two processes account for most of the movement of
carbon? ______________ & _______________
The Phosphorus Cycle
● Where does most of this cycle occur? __________________
● What releases the phosphate for this cycle to begin?
________________________
● Who collects this phosphate in the ground?
________________
● Who moves phosphorus through the food web?
_____________________
The Nitrogen Cycle ● After many years of being on the bottom of a body of water in
● About 78% of Earth’s atmosphere is made of= sediments, what does phosphorus eventually become? _________
_____________ ● How is phosphorus harmful to our environment in increased
● Nitrogen fixation= amounts? ______________________________________
________________________________________________
● What organisms go through nitrogen fixation?
The Oxygen Cycle
_____________ ● What is needed for cellular respiration? _____________
● What do these organisms release in the soil after nitrogen ● What takes in oxygen? _____________
fixation? ________________ ● What gas is oxygen converted to inside of animals and
● Who collects these resources from nitrogen fixation in the
released as? _____________
soil? ______________
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