Unit 3 Biogeochemical Cycles- Earth Science-B4

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
E. O. Wilson

Albatross and Disruption of Biogeochemical Cycles

 

UNIT OBJECTIVES AND SCHEDULE 

4/30/13	4/30/13	20	3.01 Biogeochemical Cycles 3.01 Quiz	Unit 3: Cycles on Earth Lesson 1: Biogeochemical Cycles
5/1/13	5/1/13	21	3.02 Nitrogen Cycle 3.02 Quiz	Unit 3: Cycles on Earth Lesson 2: Nitrogen Cycle
5/2/13	5/2/13	22	3.03 Carbon Cycle 3.03 Quiz	Unit 3: Cycles on Earth Lesson 3: Carbon Cycle
5/3/13	5/3/13	23	3.04 Life & Carbon Cycle 3.04 Quiz 3.04 Discussion	Unit 3: Cycles on Earth Lesson 4: Life and the Carbon Cycle
5/6/13	5/6/13	24	3.05 Lab: Dissolved Oxygen 1	Unit 3: Cycles on Earth Lesson 5: Laboratory: Dissolved Oxygen 1
5/6/13	5/6/13	24	3.06 Lab: Dissolved Oxygen 2	Unit 3: Cycles on Earth Lesson 6: Laboratory: Dissolved Oxygen 2
5/7/13	5/7/13	25	3.07 Water Cycle 3.07 Quiz	Unit 3: Cycles on Earth Lesson 7: Water Cycle
5/7/13	5/7/13	25	3.08 Humans Alter Cycles 3.08 Quiz	Unit 3: Cycles on Earth Lesson 8: How Humans Alter Cycles
5/8/13	5/8/13	26	3.10 Unit Test 3.10 Unit 3 Test	Unit 3: Cycles on Earth Lesson 10: Unit Test

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY:

 

Update your vocabulary study guides with the following vocabulary terms, definitions, and images. 

 

carbon cycle, cellular respiration, condensation, condensation nuclei, eutrophication, evaporation, infiltration, hydrological cycle, photosynthesis, nitrogen cycle, phosphorous cycle, precipitation, condensation, sublimation, surface run-off, transpiration,

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

• How are all organisms in the biosphere linked to one another, and to their physical environment?   What term do scientists use to describe these essential interrelationships?

• How do Earth’s internal and external sources of energy drive biogeochemical cycles?

• What are the effects of the nitrogen cycle on living organisms?

• Describe and interpret the carbon cycle.

• What is the relationship of the carbon cycle with earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere?

• How does the carbon cycle affect earth’s organisms?

• Describe the interacting processes of the hydrological cycle.

• How do the physical changes of water occur and contribute to the hydrological cycle?

• What are some positive and negative effects of human-induced changes in naturally occurring biogeochemical cycles?

 

WATCH IT NOW!  Flipped Instruction:

 

 

Please click on the following link to watch a review on the carbon cycle.  Watch the video and answer the extra credit question:  "What is a carbon reserve?" 

 

Carbon Cycle

http://viewpure.com/uMzpaO9U_z8

 

Hydrological Cycle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0BdoDfXmaM

http://viewpure.com/f0BdoDfXmaM

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

Biogeochemical Cycles

http://www.envsci.rutgers.edu/~phelps/lessons/lesson3.pdf

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclecondensation.html

 

Carbon Cycle

http://www.natgeoeducationvideo.com/film/1226/the-carbon-and-oxygen-cycles

Phospherous and Nitrogen Cycle

http://www.natgeoeducationvideo.com/film/1227/phosphorous-and-nitrogen-cycles

Water Cycle Movie-EXCELLENT

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/learning/player/lesson07.html

Water Images web links

http://bio1151.nicerweb.com/Locked/media/ch03/

The Incredible Journey and the Hydrological Cycle:

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleevaporation.html

 

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