Plant Physiology - Musiyenko, M. M. 2001

Plants and the Biosphere. Ecological Cycles of Matter and Energy Flow
Review Questions and Tasks

1. What is the driving force behind the biogeochemical cycling of major chemical elements in nature?

2. Describe the cycling of matter in the biosphere. Identify the participants in this process and explain its underlying causes.

3. What are the Components of the planet's Water balance, and how does its cycle operate?

4. Explain The Role of plant organisms in the cycling of carbon dioxide and oxygen within the biosphere.

5. How does The Nitrogen Cycle function? Give Examples of organisms responsible for Biological Nitrogen Fixation, ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification.

6. Characterize the flow and transformation of solar energy on planet Earth.



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