Energy cycles
by Priscilla Sung
1. The Coriolis effect
1.1. The Coriolis effect is an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force
2. high pressure and low pressure systems
2.1. A low pressure system is a weather system surrounding an area of low pressure (low mass of air above) that is surrounded by air moving inwards and counter-clockwise. Low pressure systems are usually characterized by clouds and precipitation. High pressure systems are the opposite.
3. how humans effect the water cycle
3.1. Humans impact the water cycle by polluting the water in rivers, streams ect...
4. how the Nitrogen cycle works
4.1. The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms as it circulates among the atmosphere, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems
5. how living things depend on non-living things
5.1. The difference between non living and living are each don't have either characteristics of each of these features. Non living is something which does not have a life form, while living is when something has a life form
6. living things break down other living things to recycle nutrients I nutrient cycles
6.1. Nutrient cycling is one of the most important processes that occur in an ecosystem. The nutrient cycle describes the use, movement, and recycling of nutrients in the environment.
7. why do top predators have more toxin than things on the food chain?
7.1. the toxic chemicals that get acquired in the bottom level of the food chain gets retained to the top level
8. solar energy budget
8.1. the solar energy budget is the geothermal heat flux from the Earth's interior
9. Phosphorus is an essential element to all life. It is an important part of the ATP molecule that stores and gives every cell its energy
10. the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, chiefly involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels.
11. Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides, or other chemicals in an organism. Bioaccumulation occurs when an organism absorbs a substance at a rate faster than that at which the substance is lost by catabolism and excretion.
12. how the water cycle works
12.1. Heat from the sun makes sea water evaporate when the evaporation is rising to the clouds, larger drops fall s rain but on condensation clouds of ice crystals fall down and it melts to the river and the river's water is carried back to the sea
13. how the carbon cycle works
14. how humans effect the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycle
14.1. humans effect the nitrogen cycle by Nitrogen Fertilizer , Deforestation Fossil Fuels burning
14.2. Humans affect the carbon cycle through the exhalation of carbon dioxide, the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and other poor agricultural practices.
14.3. Humans affect the phosphorus cycle primarily through the use of synthetic fertilizer
15. what is Bioaccumulation
16. 2 how wind works
16.1. 2- wind moves from hot places to cold places
17. how does the solar energy effect the water cycle
17.1. Solar energy provides the heat needed to evaporate water which makes the water cycle possible
18. how the phosphorus cycle works