A nutrient cycle refers to the movement and exchange of organic and inorganic matter back into the production of living matter. The process is regulated by the food web pathways previously presented, which decompose organic matter into inorganic nutrients. Nutrient cycles occur within ecosystems.
The most well-known and important biogeochemical cycles are shown below:
We will look at the first four - follwomg are the BIG IDEAS associated with them;
BIG IDEAS (click the cycle to learn more)
1. The Water Cycle is a continuous cycle driven by solar energy (KMT) and gravity. REMEMBER -The Hydrosphere is present in EACH of the four spheres
2. The Carbon Cycle. Carbon is cycled through interactions between living and non-living things. REMEMBER – we are carbon-based life forms and we exhale CO2
3. The Nitrogen Cycle. Nitrogen is cycled through interactions between living and non-living things.
4. The Phosphorus Cycle. Phosphorus is cycled through interactions between living and non-livingthings.
The most well-known and important biogeochemical cycles are shown below:
- Water cycle.
- Carbon cycle.
- Nitrogen cycle.
- Phosphorus cycle.
- Nutrient cycle.
- Oxygen cycle.
- Sulfur cycle.
- Rock cycle.
We will look at the first four - follwomg are the BIG IDEAS associated with them;
BIG IDEAS (click the cycle to learn more)
1. The Water Cycle is a continuous cycle driven by solar energy (KMT) and gravity. REMEMBER -The Hydrosphere is present in EACH of the four spheres
2. The Carbon Cycle. Carbon is cycled through interactions between living and non-living things. REMEMBER – we are carbon-based life forms and we exhale CO2
3. The Nitrogen Cycle. Nitrogen is cycled through interactions between living and non-living things.
4. The Phosphorus Cycle. Phosphorus is cycled through interactions between living and non-livingthings.