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Biogeochemical Cycles
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Learning Target
⚫ Flow of Matter and Energy
⚫ SWBAT understand how nutrients are
cycled through the ecosystem (Nutrient
Cycles: Nitrogen and Carbon)
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© 2014 Vanessa Jason “Biology Roots”
Write the Equation for
Photosynthesis.
Bell Ringer #1
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© 2014 Vanessa Jason “Biology Roots”
Most of the earth’s autotrophs use
the energy in sunlight to change
carbon dioxide and water into
which products?
Bell Ringer #2
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Recall… &… Relate
⚫ Recall
⚫ An ecosystem is: a community of organisms
(biotic) and its corresponding abiotic
environment.
⚫ Energy is not created nor destroyed is flows
throughout the ecosystem
⚫ Relate:
⚫ In the ecosystem matter cycles throughout
the ecosystem.
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Recall #1
⚫ Recall…
⚫ What is a primary producer?
⚫ What happens when a primary and
secondary consumer dies?
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Where is the matter?
Long Periods:
⚫ Chemicals for long
periods of time are
generally abiotic
⚫ Ex.: coal deposits
Short Periods:
⚫ Chemicals are held for
only short periods of time
are generally biotic
⚫ Ex.: plants and animals
(Which temporarily use
carbon in their systems and
then release back into the
air.)
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What sustains life on Earth?
⚫ The major elements
that sustains life:
⚫ Carbon
⚫ Phosphorous
⚫ Nitrogen
⚫ Hydrogen
⚫ Oxygen
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Survival of the Ecosystem
An ecosystem
survives by a
combination of
energy flow and
matter recycling.
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THE CARBON CYCLE
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What is Carbon?
⚫ An element.
⚫ The basis of life of earth.
⚫ Found in all living organisms.
⚫ Found in rocks, oceans, atmosphere.
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Carbon Cycle
⚫ The same carbon atoms are used
repeatedly on earth. They cycle between
the earth and the atmosphere.
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Carbon Cycle
⚫ Plants use Carbon dioxide (CO2).
⚫ Plants pull carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere and use it to make food –—
photosynthesis.
⚫ The carbon becomes part of the plant
(stored food).
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Carbon Cycle
⚫ Animals eat plants.
⚫ When organisms eat plants, they take in the
carbon and some of it becomes part of their
own bodies.
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CFU #1
⚫ How does carbon enter the biotic part of
the ecosystem?
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Carbon Cycle
⚫ When plants and animals die, most of
their bodies are decomposed and carbon
atoms are returned to the atmosphere.
⚫ Some are not decomposed fully and end
up in deposits underground (oil, coal,
etc.).
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CFU #2
⚫ What do detritus feeders contribute to
the carbon cycle?
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CFU #3
⚫ What is the role of each of the following
in the carbon cycle?
⚫ State an example of each.
⚫ Primary producers
⚫ Secondary producers
⚫ Decomposers
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Carbon Cycle
⚫ Carbon slowly returns to the
atmosphere.
⚫ Carbon in rocks and underground deposits
is released very slowly into the atmosphere.
⚫ This process takes many years.
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CFU #4
⚫ How is carbon dioxide returned to the
atmosphere?
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Carbon Cycle
⚫ The Cycle repeats over and over and
over…
⚫ 42% CO2 returned by plants
⚫ 46% by decomposers
⚫ 12% by animals
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Carbon Cycle Diagram
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Carbon in Oceans
⚫ Additional carbon is stored in the ocean.
⚫ Many animals pull carbon from water to use in
shells, etc.
⚫ Animals die and carbon substances are
deposited at the bottom of the ocean.
⚫ Oceans contain earth’s largest store of carbon.
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CFU # 5
⚫ Where is most of the Earth's carbon
located and in what form?
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CFU #6
⚫ How does carbon get in the oceans?
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Human Impact
⚫ Fossil fuels release carbon stores very
slowly.
⚫ Burning anything releases more carbon
into atmosphere — especially fossil
fuels.
⚫ Increased carbon dioxide in atmosphere
increases global warming.
⚫ Fewer plants mean less CO2 removed
from atmosphere
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CFU # 7 & # 8
⚫ What is a fossil fuel?
⚫ How does deforestation affect the
carbon cycle?
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Human Impact (Informational)
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Carbon Cycle
Escape The Room
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Nitrogen Cycle
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What Is Nitrogen?
⚫ An element important in all life (ex.amino acids)
⚫ Nitrogen is used in fertilizer to help plants grow faster.
⚫ 78% is in the atmosphere as N2 (gas).
⚫ Very little is found in the Earth Crust.
⚫ Can be found in living organisms.
⚫ Only 3% is your body weight.
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CFU # 9 & #10
⚫ Why is nitrogen essential to life?
⚫ Why do herbivores need nitrogen?
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Nitrogen Cycle
⚫ The same nitrogen atoms are used
repeatedly on earth. They cycle between
plants, animals, bacteria, the
atmosphere, and soil.
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Nitrogen Cycle
⚫ Nitrogen is mostly found in the
atmosphere as N2(g) which can not be
used so it must be changed.
⚫ The most important part of the cycle is
Bacteria.
⚫ The Bacteria helps the nitrogen change
states so it can be used.
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CFU # 11 & #12
⚫ How do plants and animals get nitrogen
if not from the atmosphere?
⚫ What is the purpose of nitrogen fixation?
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Nitrogen Cycle
⚫ Nitrogen Fixation is the most important
part of the nitrogen cycle…
⚫ The soil absorbs the N2(g) in the
atmosphere. The bacteria changes the
nitrogen to useable nitrogen that plants can
absorb and use.
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Nitrogen
⚫ Then the nitrogen gets used to make:
⚫ Amino Acids
⚫ Nucleic Acids
⚫ Chlorophyll
⚫ ect.
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Nitrogen Cycle
⚫ When a plant or animal dies,
decomposers like fungi and bacteria turn
the nitrogen back into another state of
nitrogen so it can reenter the nitrogen
cycle.
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CFU #13
⚫ What is the role of decomposers in the
nitrogen cycle? Bacteria?
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Extra Nitrogen
⚫ Extra nitrogen in the soil gets put back
out into the air. There are special
bacteria that perform this task as well.
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Nitrogen Cycle
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Nitrogen Cycle
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Effects of Increased Nitrogen
1. Loss of soil nutrients (calcium, potassium)
2. Acidification of rivers and lakes (fertilizers and
combustion of coal).
2. Increasing nitrogen increases carbon fixation
(linked to carbon cycle).
3. Increases nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere
• (greenhouse gas—global warming)
• (reduce ozone—increasing UV penetration).
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Human Impact on Nitrogen
(Informational)
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CFU #14 & #15
⚫ How do humans impact the increase of
nitrogen in the nitrogen cycle?
⚫ What Impact will it have?
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Nitrogen Cycle
Escape The Room
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Biogeochemical Cycle =
Recycling
⚫ All the chemicals, nutrients, or elements
— such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen,
phosphorus — used in ecosystems by
living organisms operate on a closed
system.
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Conclusion
⚫ In contrast to energy, which moves in one
direction through the ecosystem, materials are
continually recycled from the abiotic
environment to organisms, and back to the
abiotic environment.
⚫ Changes in one of the biogeochemical cycles
usually influences the other biogeochemical
cycles.