1. How matter cycles through the S.R.M.S. ecosystem…
Water vapor in the air
How matter cycles through the S.R.M.S. ecosystem…
Precipitation
Kalmia Latifola (Mountain Laurel)
Nitrogen fixed by lighting
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Sun
Energy to organisms
Plant eaten by animals
Transpiration
Runoff
Evaporation
Nitrogen fixed by bacteria
The sun gives energy to the plants so that the plants can produce photosynthesis. The flower above is the Mountain Laurel or known as the Kalmia Latifola. The mountain laurel give half of the energy it produces to the organisms that feed off it.
The plant processes the energy from the sun, and the water the plant “ gets rid of” is output during the process of transpiration.
Combustion from industry such as cars
Evaporation
(Carbon dioxide in the air)
Decay of once living organisms
Combustion
Nitrogen taken in by plants
Condensation
Usable nitrogen in the soil
Groundwater
Fossil Fuels