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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 phosphorus cycle primarily operates between land and water. Unlike carbon and nitrogen cycles, the phosphorus cycle has no gas phase. The phosphorus cycle is driven by assimilation, mineralization, sedimentation, geological uplift, and weathering. Plants and animals take up inorganic phosphate and assimilate it into their tissues as organic phosphorus. Phosphorus is not very soluble in water, so much of it precipitates out of solution in the form of phosphate sediments in the ocean. A major source of phosphorus in waterways is from the use of household detergents. In addition to causing algal blooms, increases in phosphorus concentrations can later plant communities.
The water cycle is the movement of water around the biosphere among reservoir sources and sinks. Transpiration is the release of water from leaves into the atmosphere during photosynthesis. Human activities can alter the hydrologic cycle by harvesting trees from a forest and reducing biomass. Additionally, if evapotranspiration decreases, then runoff or percolation will increase.
Chapter 5 notes and vocabulary
Chapter 5 notes and vocabulary
Phosphorus cycle: The movement of phosphorus around the biosphere among the reservoir sources and sinks.
Algal bloom: A rapid increase in the algal population of a waterway.
Dead zone: When oxygen concentrations become so low that it kills fish and other aquatic animals.
Hypoxic: Low in oxygen.
Hydrologic cycle: The movement of water around the biosphere among reservoir sources and sinks.
Transpiration: The release of water from leaves into the atmosphere during photosynthesis.
Evapotranspiration: The combined amount of evaporation and transpiration.
Runoff: Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers.
Useful Media and study artifacts
Useful Media and study artifacts
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