Chapter 2.3, Problem 3MI

Summary Introduction

Define each vocabulary term

Explanation of Solution

Matter:

Matter is the "stuff" that makes up the universe — all that occupies room and has mass is matter.

Everything in this universe is comprised of material which researchers have named "matter". Early Indian rationalists ordered issue as five essential components − the "Panch Tatva"− air, earth, fire, sky and water. As per them everything, living or non-living, was comprised of these five essential components.

All matter is made up of small particles called atom which are comprised of protons, neutrons and electrons.

Nutrient:

Nutrient are compound substances found in each living thing on Earth. They are important to the lives of individuals, plants, creatures, and every other living being. They help separate food to give living beings energy. They are utilized in each cycle of a living body. A portion of the cycles are development (building cells), fix (mending an injury), and looking after life (relaxing). They are divided into two types: macronutrients and micronutrients.

Biogeochemical cycle:

A biogeochemical cycle or substance turnover or cycling of substances is a pathway by which a synthetic substance travels through biotic (biosphere) and abiotic (lithosphere, air, and hydrosphere) compartments of Earth. There are biogeochemical cycles for the substance components calcium, carbon, hydrogen, mercury, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, selenium, and sulfur; sub-atomic cycles for water and silica; perceptible cycles, for example, the stone cycle; just as human-initiated cycles for engineered mixes, for example, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB). In certain cycles there are stores or reservoir where a substance stays for a significant period of time.

Nitrogen fixation:

Nitrogen fixation is fundamental to life in light of the fact that fixed inorganic nitrogen mixes are needed for the biosynthesis of all nitrogen-containing natural mixes, for example, amino acids and proteins, nucleoside triphosphates and nucleic acids. As a major aspect of the nitrogen cycle, it is fundamental for farming and the assembling of compost. It is likewise, in a roundabout way, applicable to the assembling of all nitrogen synthetic mixes, which incorporates a few explosives, drugs, and colors.

Denitrification:

Denitrification is a characteristic soil microbial cycle where nitrate (NO3^-) is changed over to nitrogen (N) gases that are lost to the environment. Denitrification happens when soil microorganisms use nitrate for their breath in the spot of oxygen noticeable all around. This cycle happens most quickly in warm, wet soils with a teemingness of nitrate.