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    The document summarizes three biogeochemical cycles - the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nitrogen cycle. The water cycle involves evaporation of water from oceans and surfaces, condensation into clouds, and precipitation back to Earth as rain or snow. The carbon cycle moves carbon between the atmosphere, organisms, and minerals through photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and combustion. The nitrogen cycle converts nitrogen between the gas in the atmosphere and inorganic compounds in the soil through nitrogen fixation, assimilation, ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification by organisms and bacteria.

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    The document summarizes three biogeochemical cycles - the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nitrogen cycle. The water cycle involves evaporation of water from oceans and surfaces, condensation into clouds, and precipitation back to Earth as rain or snow. The carbon cycle moves carbon between the atmosphere, organisms, and minerals through photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and combustion. The nitrogen cycle converts nitrogen between the gas in the atmosphere and inorganic compounds in the soil through nitrogen fixation, assimilation, ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification by organisms and bacteria.

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    Biogeochemical

    cycles in
    Ecosystem
    Water Cycle
    Carbon Cycle
    Nitrogen Cycle
    Water Cycle
    Processes:
    Evaporation, Condensation,
    Precipitation
    Water Cycle
    Evaporation
    The sun warms the ocean surface and other surface water, causing liquid water to
    evaporate and ice to sublime
    Condensation
    Over time, water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into clouds
    Precipitation
    Eventually it falls as precipitation, rain or snow.

    When precipitation reaches Earth's surface, it has a few options: it may evaporate
    again, flow over the surface, or percolate—sink down—into the ground.
    Water Cycle
    Carbon Cycle

    CO2+H2O⇌H2CO3⇌HCO3−+H+⇌CO32−+2H+
    ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

    *Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere dissolves in water

    Processes:
    Photosynthesis: Photosynthesis by land plants, bacteria, and algae converts
    carbon dioxide or bicarbonate into organic molecules.

    Respiration : respiration converts the organic carbon back into carbon dioxide gas.

    decomposition,

    natural weathering of rocks

    Combustion
    Appendix
    Nitrogen Cycle- Nitrogen is everywhere! In fact, N gas makes up about 78% of 2

    Earth's atmosphere by volume

    Processes:
    Nitrogen fixation- nitrogen gas is converted into inorganic nitrogen compounds,

    Nitrogen assimilation- Nitrates and ammonia are assimilated into the specific tissue compounds of algae
    and higher plants

    Ammonification- remains of all living things—and their waste products—are decomposed by


    microorganisms in the process of ammonification,

    Nitrification- a process carried out by nitrifying bacteria, transforms soil ammonia into nitrates (NO3−),
    which plants can incorporate into their own tissues.

    Denitrification- bacteria which metabolizes nitrates, are especially active in water-logged anaerobic soils.
    The action of these bacteria tends to deplete soil nitrates, forming free atmospheric nitrogen.
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    References:
    The water cycle. (n.d.). Retrieved from
    https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/biogeo
    chemical-cycles/a/the-water-cycle
    The carbon cycle. (n.d.). Retrieved from
    https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/biogeo
    chemical-cycles/a/the-carbon-cycle
    The nitrogen cycle. (n.d.). Retrieved from
    https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/biogeo
    chemical-cycles/a/the-nitrogen-cycle

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