Biosphere

4.02 The Biosphere, Water Ecosystem Choose one specific lake, river, sea or bay. You will be researching biotic and abiotic factors about that lake ecosystem. Name of lake/river/sea/bay: Lake Superior Location: Lake Superior is located in North America. Geography (describe the land that surrounds your body of water): Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world by surface area and the third largest in the world by volume. Lake Superior is very cold so it causes the land surrounding

Various biogeochemical cycles in our biosphere allow for the sustainability of living organisms, with each cycle being composed of numerous interactions between the environment and the organisms living within them. In particular, the nitrogen cycle is a key component allowing for the movement of nitrogen throughout the biosphere via several biologically mediated processes, particularly nitrification. Nitrification is one of the most well-known processes in microbial ecology and has always been considered

Diversity of Marine Algae in the Biosphere 2Ocean Red algae, Rhodophyta, is easily identified in the marine environment because it appears as a red color. There are many different species, originating from many different corners of the Earth. The ocean biome in the Biosphere 2 was constructed using raw seawater off the coast of Southern California, which contained many different unknown species of algae. During the construction of the biome, other known species of algae from various

The Niagara Escarpment is one of the world’s natural wonders preserved by the UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve since 1990. It is a forested landscape made up of rocks ranging several hundred meters in height and consists with rich biodiversity and a habitat to many types of wildlife. The ridge extends 725 km in length from Queenston on Niagara River through densely populated areas like Hamilton, Milton to Tobermory at the tip of Bruce peninsula (CanadianEncyclopedia). The escarpment exists in a horseshoe

The hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere, are the four Earth systems that have many interactions between each other. Many of these interactions are for the good or bad of the environment. The hydrosphere is all water on earth like groundwater, rivers, oceans, glaciers, etc. The geosphere is things such as rock, landforms, molten rock, volcanoes, minerals, soil, etc. The biosphere consist of all living things, like plants or animals. The atmosphere is the envelope of gases surrounding

Canada’s premier biosphere reserves, highlighted by UNESCO”. UNESCO biosphere reserves are considered some of the major ecosystems in the world. According to UNESCO, biosphere reserves are “sites of excellence where new and optimal practices to manage nature and human activities are tested and demonstrated”. However when an individual’s actions are expected to negatively impact the Niagara Escarpment, limitations must be imposed on the individual in order to preserve the biosphere for the greater

one-hundred-and-one-years! The atmosphere was so boring I couldn’t wait to leave. During my one-hundred-and-one tedious years I was taken up by a plant through photosynthesis.     Finally I was in biosphere/plants. I was part of the hard wood in a pinyon pine. I cannot believe I was there for millions of years. Being in biosphere/plants was much more fun than my previous journey. During my millions I was buried in a landslide and buried deeper then made into coal. I was kind of sad to leave but I was excited to

atmosphere. Artler is in the atmosphere for one last final time. He remains here for about 62 years as CO2. He is finally absorbed by a plant once more. Here, he becomes part of the plant through photosynthesis. Artler finally ends his journey in the biosphere once more, as a

photosynthesis. So, there I sat, I am a plant, but what kind? I’m sittin in the biosphere-plants. Join me.

He’s been in the atmosphere for 30 years this time. After 30 years, Carl was photosynthesized by alga and turned into a cell wall, but then the alga died. Carl was then converted into soil organic matter. He’s entered the biosphere - soil. Carl is now living in the biosphere - soil as carbon. He’s been carbon in soil for only 14 years. Subsequently, he was absorbed by fungi that reacts with oxygen in the process of cellular respiration. Carl was then turned into CO2. Once more Carl is heading for