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Biogeoche Mical Cycle: Scp-Ste 7-Euclid Cyndy Dimakiling Jade Lagarde

Biogeochemical cycles describe how elements essential for life, like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus, move between living and non-living components of the Earth. These elements cycle through ecosystems as they are absorbed by plants and animals through processes like photosynthesis and respiration, and then returned to the environment through decomposition. For example, the carbon cycle involves carbon dioxide being absorbed by plants and released by animals through respiration, and water cycling through evaporation from oceans into the atmosphere and returning as precipitation.

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Biogeoche Mical Cycle: Scp-Ste 7-Euclid Cyndy Dimakiling Jade Lagarde

Biogeochemical cycles describe how elements essential for life, like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus, move between living and non-living components of the Earth. These elements cycle through ecosystems as they are absorbed by plants and animals through processes like photosynthesis and respiration, and then returned to the environment through decomposition. For example, the carbon cycle involves carbon dioxide being absorbed by plants and released by animals through respiration, and water cycling through evaporation from oceans into the atmosphere and returning as precipitation.

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Biogeoche

mical
Cycle

SCP-STE 7-EUCLID
CYNDY DIMAKILING
JADE LAGARDE

What is Biogeochemical
Cycle?
Abiogeochemical cycleorcycling of
substancesisapathwaybywhichachemical
substancemovesthroughbothbiotic(biosphere)
andabiotic(lithosphere,atmosphere,
andhydrosphere)compartmentsofEarth.
Manyelementscyclethroughecosystems,
organisms,air,water,andsoil.Theseelements
are:carbon,nitrogen,oxygen,hydrogen,sulfur,
andphosphoruswhicharecriticalcomponentsof
allbiologicallife.

Oxygen Cycle
Plantsarethemaincreatorsofoxygenintheatmospherethrough
theprocessofphotosynthesis.

Carbon Cycle
Weareallfamiliarwithhowtheatmosphereandvegetationexchange
carbon.PlantsabsorbCO2fromtheatmosphereduringphotosynthesisand
releaseCO2backintotheatmosphereduringrespirationofanimalsandhumans.
AnothermajorexchangeofCO2occursbetweentheoceansandtheatmosphere.
ThedissolvedCO2intheoceansisusedbymarinebiotainphotosynthesis.

Respirationistheprocessinwhich
carbohydratesareconvertedtowaterand
carbondioxide,sothatcarbonisreleased
againintotheair.So,duringthisprocess,both
animalsandplantsreturnthecarbondioxide
theyhadpreviouslyinhaledbacktothe
atmospheresothatthecarboncyclecan
continue.

Hydrogen Cycle
Thehydrologiccyclebeginswith
theevaporationofwaterfromthesurfaceofthe
ocean.Asmoistairislifted,itcoolsandwater
vaporcondensestoformclouds.Moisture
istransportedaroundtheglobeuntilitreturnsto
thesurfaceasprecipitation.Oncethewater
reachestheground,oneoftwoprocessesmay
occur;1)someofthewatermayevaporateback
intotheatmosphereor2)thewatermay
penetratethesurfaceandbecomegroundwater.

Groundwatereitherseepsitswaytothe
oceans,rivers,andstreams,orisreleased
backintotheatmosphere
throughtranspiration.Thebalanceofwater
thatremainsontheearth'ssurfaceisrunoff,
whichemptiesintolakes,riversand
streamsandiscarriedbacktotheoceans,
wherethecyclebeginsagain.

NITROGEN CYCLE
Thenitrogencycledescribeshownitrogenmovesbetween
plants,animals,bacteria,theatmosphere(theair),andsoilin
theground.Nitrogenisanimportantelementtoalllifeon
Earth.
Fixationisthefirststepintheprocessofmakingnitrogen
usablebyplants.Here,bacteriachangenitrogeninto
ammonium.Thisammoniumgetschangedintonitratesby
bacteriaorwithlightning.Nitratesarewhattheplantscanthen
absorb.Theyabsorbnitratesfromthesoilintotheirroots.

Thenthenitrogengetsusedinaminoacids,
nucleicacids,andchlorophyll.Thisispartofthe
decayingprocess.Whenaplantoranimaldies,
decomposerslikefungiandbacteriaturnthe
nitrogenbackintoammoniumsoitcanre-enter
thenitrogencycle.Extranitrogeninthesoilgets
putbackoutintotheair.Therearespecial
bacteriathatperformthistaskaswell.

SULFUR CYCLE
Thesulfurcyclecontainsbothatmospheric

andterrestrialprocesses.Withintheterrestrial
portion,thecyclebeginswiththeweatheringof
rocks,releasingthestoredsulfur.Thesulfurthen
comesintocontactwithairwhereitisconverted
intosulfate(SO4).Thesulfateistakenupby
plantsandmicroorganismsandisconvertedinto
organicforms;animalsthenconsumethese
organicformsthroughfoodstheyeat,thereby
movingthesulfurthroughthefoodchain.

Asorganismsdieanddecompose,someof
thesulfurisagainreleasedasasulfateand
someentersthetissuesofmicroorganisms.
Therearealsoavarietyofnaturalsources
thatemitsulfurdirectlyintotheatmosphere,
includingvolcaniceruptions,thebreakdown
oforganicmatterinswampsandtidalflats,
andtheevaporationofwater.

Phosphorous Cycle
Thelastimportantchemicalinan
ecosystemthatwewilltackleinthisunit
isphosphorous.Thisessentialchemicalis
usedbyorganismsasoneofthemain
componentsofDNA.Nitrogenandcarbon
arealsopartofDNA.Unlikecarbonand
nitrogen,mostofthephosphorousonEarth
isstoredinsoilandrocksintheformof
phosphate.

Phosphateisonemoleculeofphosphorous
surroundedbyfourmoleculesofoxygen.Plantscan
absorbphosphatedirectlythroughtheirroots.From
there,itmovesthroughthecommunityintraditional
fashionandbackintothegroundasanimalsdieand
decompose.Justincaseyourewondering,while
mostplantscantextractphosphatedirectlyfrom
rocks,thistypeofphosphateeventuallymakesits
wayintothesoilasrocksareweatheredand
eroded.

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