Steven's Biogeochemical Cycles and Your Plant Post #3

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Over these weeks we've noticed our cauliflower plants have changed. Last time we checked our plants were open and growing, when we checked recently our plants had decreased in size and started to brown and shrink. We think that maybe the reason this happened is because it is getting hotter and there is more sun so they are dying.

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Our plants role in moving water through the biosphere is transpiration. Its job is the roots collect water and then the water is transferred up to the leaves and exits through little pour, where it then evaporates and is released back to the atmosphere. The changes in our plant relate to the water cycle because we see a decrease in growth which means it is not getting enough water to release. 

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Our plants participate in the carbon cycle through the process called photosynthesis. During this process plants take in sunlight, carbon, and water to create there own food. As a result of this they produce organic carbon after they die and also oxygen. We see that our plant is slowly getting weaker and dying this mean so when it dies it will play its role in the carbon cycle and release carbon.

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Plants role in the movement of nitrogen in the biosphere is to take in the ammonia. After taking it in they can use it to life but also when they die same with animals bacteria take this and transform it into a gas where it is recycled and goes back into the cycle. Right now our plant is taking in ammonia from the soil and when it dies it will all be released and bacteria will make it back into a gas.

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