Material Cycling in The Ecosystem

MATERIAL CYCLING IN THE ECOSYSTEM
SLIDE # 6
 FOR todays LESSON IS ALL ABOUT THE CYCLING OF MATERIALS IN THE ECOSYSTEM
SLIDE # 7
 AND YOU ARE EXPECTED TO ANALYZE THE ROLES OF ORGANISMS IN THE
CYCLING OF MATERIALS
 And EXPLAIN HOW MATERIALS CYCLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM
SLIDE # 8
 THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CYCLES WILL BE DISCUSSED AND THESE ARE THE
FOLLOWING:
1. OXYGEN & CARBON CYCLE –
2. THE HYDROLOGIC/WATER CYCLE
3. NITROGEN CYCLE
 THE OXYGEN & CARBON DIOXIDE CYCLE -IS THE FLOW OF GASES THROUGH ORGANISMS
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
 THE HYDROLOGIC /WATER CYCLE IS THE PROCESS WHERE WATER CIRCULATES AROUND
THE ENVIRONMENT
 NITROGEN CYCLE IS THE CONVERSION OF ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN INTO A FORMS
USABLE TO LIVING THINGS.
SLIDE # 9
 THESE IMPORTANT IN THE ECOSYSTEM BASICALLY DEPEND ON THE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES

WHERE THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE SUNLIGHT AS THE MAIN SOURCE ENERGY IN THE PLANET
that MAKES all CYCLES and PROCESSES TO BE POSSIBLE.
SO LET US START OUR DISCUSSION ON THE DIFFERENT ROLES OF ORGANISMS IN THE ECOSYSTEM IN
THE NUTRIENT CYCLE.
As PRODUCERS CONSUMERS & DECOMPOSERS
To begin ,let’s take note the importance of the SUN as the main source of energy the
solar energy ‘
This is the driving force of most important processes and cycles in the Environment
The SUNLIGHT as one of the raw materials together with WATER from the soil to
materialize the process of PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
SO it’s the PRODUCERS- THESE ARE ALL the plant organisms produces OXYGEN using
the solar energy from the sun together with the absorption of water & nutrients from
the soil and is released in the atmosphere.
The CONSUMERS mostly animals & human who were dependent to plants as main
source of food and energy THROUGH THE PROCESS OF RESPIRATION produce Carbo
Dioxide and released into the air .
And the DECOMPOSERS -represented by all bacteria and other microorganism in the soil
who were the main agents for decomposition
It is when consumers and producers expire or die.
After the decomposition process all materials are made ready again, to be used by
plants through absorption repeating the cycle.
SLIDE # 10
 NOW , DID YOU T HINK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION IN THE
CYCLING OF MATERIALS IN THE ECOSYSTEMS?
 ARE THEY IMPORTANT ?
 AND THE ANSWER IS YES !
 THESE TWO MAJOR PROCESSES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN AND
CARBON DIOXIDE IS THEIR JOB.
 I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR HOW THE PROCESS TAKES PLACES IN YOUR
ELEMENTARY SCIENCE
 SO LETS HAVE A BRIEF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND
RESPIRATION.
 THAT THE PRODUCT OF PHOSYNTHESIS IS OXYGEN AND THE PRODUCT OF RESPIRATION IS
CARBON DIOXIDE
SLIDE 15
 OKAY THE FIRST CYCLE IS THE OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE CYCLE
 SO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PHOSYNTHEIS PLANTS (AS PRODUCERS)

PRODUCE OXYGEN AND IS CONSUMED/ OR USED BY ANIMALS (AS
CONSUMERS) AND THEN THROUGH THE PROCESS OF RESPIRATION ANIMALS
PRODUCES CARBON DIOXIDE
 WHICH WILL BE USED AGAIN BY PLANTS FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS .
 THEN THE PROCESS WILL BE REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN A NON STOP
PROCESS.
 THE DIFFERENT LIVING ORGANISM PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CYCLING OF

MATERIALS ECOSYSYTEM AS : producers- consumers and decomposers .
 BUT WAIT…Where’s the DECOMPOSER NOW? The decomposers are just “ very
still” on the ground waiting for the producers and consumers to expire or die
And then they’ll take charge to end and to repeat the cycle again.
SLIDE # 15
 SO HERE’S THE SUM UP QUESTION FOR OXYGEN & CARBON DIOXIDE
CYCLE
 WHAT GAS DO ANIMALS PRODUCE THAT PLANTS USE?
So the answer is CARBON DIOXIDE
 WHAT GAS DO PLANTS PRODUCE THATANIMAL USE?
THE ANWSER IS OXYGEN
 WHAT IS THE PROCESS INVOLVE IN THE PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN?
THE ANSWER IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS
 AND THE PROCESS PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE?
RESPIRATION
 AND THE EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE
ECOSYSTEMS AND USING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN IS CALLED?
SLIDE # 13
Ooh its raining
Have u ever wandered where the rain comes from
Or how the clouds are formed
these are question s which can be answered as we go through our discussion about water cycle.
Now lets explore.
Stage #1 – Evaporation
 In this stage, the Sun starts to evaporate the water in the water bodies,
like oceans, seas, lakes, ponds, and rivers.
 This water is in the liquid state in the bodies, but changes in weather,
and heating due to the Sun converts it into gaseous form.x
 Slowly, these vapors of water start rising up to the sky.
 Transpiration, which is water escaping from plants due to Sun’s heat,
also contributes to some extent, to the process of evaporation.
Stage #2 – Condensation
 It is in this stage the cloud formation occurs.

 The water in the form of the vapors rising, cools down at a certain
height and condenses to form clouds.
Stage #3 – Precipitation
 The water keeps condensing to form clouds, but when there is too much
accumulation or collection of water in these clouds, the clouds become
heavy.
 This means the air can no longer hold this much amount of water, and
the water starts to fall back, mostly in the form of rain.
Stage #4 – Collection
This rainwaters gets collected in different water bodies so as with snow, of hail,
in which partially melted snow is called sleet.
 Some gets stored under the ground, and is called ‘ground water’.
 Then, again evaporation starts due to the Sun’s heat and the cycle
happens again.
 Water cycle is a reversible process, which means you can change water
to vapors, and condense these vapors to form water.
 Did you know that frozen water or ice is lighter than water? Hence, ice
tends to float in water. Think about this when you put an ice cube in
your lemonade.
Sometimes this collected water, comes down to the Earth’s surface in the form
of snow, hail, or partially melted snow which is called sleet.
When the sun heats up bodies of water such as lakes rivers and oceans water becomes water vapor and
rises up in the air
EVAPORATION
When plants undergo the process of Transpiration
When
You can see water vapor at home just heat some water and when the water is heated

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MATERIAL CYCLING IN THE ECOSYSTEM

 THESE IMPORTANT IN THE ECOSYSTEM BASICALLY DEPEND ON THE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES

 SO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PHOSYNTHEIS PLANTS (AS PRODUCERS)

 WHICH WILL BE USED AGAIN BY PLANTS FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS .

 THE DIFFERENT LIVING ORGANISM PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CYCLING OF

Now lets explore.

like oceans, seas, lakes, ponds, and rivers.

and heating due to the Sun converts it into gaseous form.x

 Slowly, these vapors of water start rising up to the sky.

 Transpiration, which is water escaping from plants due to Sun’s heat,

also contributes to some extent, to the process of evaporation.

 It is in this stage the cloud formation occurs.

height and condenses to form clouds.

of snow, hail, or partially melted snow which is called sleet.

When plants undergo the process of Transpiration

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