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Unit and Chapter pages- There are 10 total units, starting with Unit 0. Each consists of 2-3 chapters.
Each unit page should have sub-links to chapters (Ex: APES>Unit 0 >>Chapter 1)
Each chapter page should include
CHAPTER SUMMARY: This brief summary/reflection should be more than 5 sentences, less than 10, in your own words. Focus on what you took away from the chapter’s big ideas/concepts.
LINK TO TEXT: A link to the chapter pdf
CHAPTER FOLDER: A private link to your chapter subfolder (carefully set these permissions so that only you and Ms. Stewart have access to the folder and docs!). In this folder, you should have your:
chapter outline (Follow Chapter Outline Guidelines)
chapter vocabulary (optional, but helpful!)
chapter review questions (optional, but helpful!)
labs or activities from the chapter.
Useful Media: Videos, articles, etc.
Study Artifacts: Links to any study materials that you found helpful when preparing for the chapter test.
Chapter Summary
Chapter Summary
The carbon cycle is a process that involves the movement of carbon between living organisms, the atmosphere, the oceans, and the Earth's crust. Carbon is the most important elements in living organisms, making up about 20% of the total body weight. The fast part of the cycle involves living organisms holding carbon. The slow part involves carbon that is held in rocks, soils, or as petroleum hydrocarbons. Combustion of fossil fuels release carbon into the atmosphere as CO2 or into soil as ash. The excess of CO2 in the atmosphere acts to increase the retention of heat energy in the biosphere.
Nitrogen is a limiting nutrient that is essential for plant and algae growth. While the atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, most plants and algae cannot use it because it is in the form of nitrogen gas. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert nitrogen gas into ammonium. This process can also occur through abiotic pathways, such as lightning or combustion. Plants supply the bacteria with sugars produced by photosynthesis.
Chapter 4 notes and vocabulary
Chapter 4 notes and vocabulary
Biogeochemical cycle: The movements of matter within and between ecosystems involving cycles of biological, geological, and chemical processes.
Reservoirs: The components of the biogeochemical cycle that contain the matter, including air, water, and organisms.
Carbon cycle: The movement of carbon around the biosphere among reservoir sources and sinks.
Steady state: When a system’s inputs equal outputs, so that the system is not changing over time.
Aerobic respiration: The process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy, carbon dioxide, and water.
Greenhouse gasses: Gasses in earth’s atmosphere that trap heat near the surface.
Global warming: The increase in global temperatures due to humans producing more greenhouse gasses.
Limiting nutrient: A nutrient requires for the growth of an organism but the available in a lower quantity than other nutrients.
Nitrogen cycle: The movement of nitrogen around the biosphere among reservoir sources and sinks.
Nitrogen fixation: The process that converts nitrogen gas in the atmosphere into forms of nitrogen that plants and algae can use.
Nitrification: The conversion of ammonia into nitrite and then into nitrate.
Assimilation: A process by which plants and algae incorporate nitrogen into their tissues.
Mineralization: The process by which fungal and bacterial decomposers break down the organic matter found in dead bodies and waste products and convert these organic compounds back into inorganic compounds, such as inorganic ammonium. AKA ammonification.
Dentrification: The conversion of nitrate in a series of steps into the gasses nitrous oxide and, eventually, nitrogen gas, which is emitted into the atmosphere.
Anaerobic: An environment that lacks oxygen.
Aerobic: An environment with abundant oxygen.
Leaching: A process in which dissolved molecules are transported through the soil via groundwater.
Useful Media and study artifacts
Useful Media and study artifacts
Link to folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15bLR6wM7yh0PLS8t-E-h_c9AoB3X1QOu
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