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Chemical C ycles. Mrs. Frizzle Video. The Water Cycle. How and in what form does carbon enter and leave the cycle? How do the roles of autotrophs and heterotrophs differ? What are the human impacts on the cycle?. Carbon Cycle Video. Carbon Cycle. Carbon Cycle. The Carbon Cycle.
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The Water Cycle • How and in what form does carbon enter and leave the cycle? • How do the roles of autotrophs and heterotrophs differ? • What are the human impacts on the cycle?
The Carbon Cycle • How and in what form does carbon enter and leave the cycle? • How do the roles of autotrophs and heterotrophs differ? • What are the human impacts on the cycle?
Nitrogen fixation: Bacteria in root nodules of legumes An example of mutualism Fig 3-19
The Nitrogen Cycle • How and in what form(s) does nitrogen enter and leave the cycle? • How do the roles of autotrophs and heterotrophs differ? • What are the human impacts on the cycle?
Microcystis Anabaena Cyanobacteria
The four spheres of Earth’s environment. Biosphere interacting with abiotic factors Fig 3-1
What limits production? Low N & P Low rain
Law of the Minimum/Law of limiting factors - Liebig's Law Justus von Liebig "father of the fertilizer industry” law of the minimum If one crop nutrient is missing or deficient, plant growth will be poor, even if the other elements are abundant. like a barrel with unequal boards One nutrient becomes the limiting factor