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Q: How does soil air differ from atmospheric air?
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What are the branches of environmental science and how does environmental science differ from ecology?

atmospheric, soil, water


Differences between soil air and atmospheric air?

Soil air has a higher concentration of Carbon Dioxide; plants feed on this and convert it into Oxygen during Osmosis, which is why there is a higher concentration of Oxygen in the atmosphere.


How atmospheric nitrogen enters the soil?

Typically, atmospheric nitrogen gets into the soil by nitrogen-fixing bacteria that are symbiotic with such plants as clover, soybeans and alfalfa. Bacteria in the plant extract nitrogen from the air, and when the plants die, the nitrogen remains in the soil as the plant decays.


Which organism fix nitrogen in the soil?

bacteria rhizobium fixes atmospheric nitrogen into air which plants can breathe.


What is difference between dry air and atmospheric air?

the difference between dry air and atmospheric air is that atmospheric air contains water vapor but dry air contains no water vapor


Carbon dioxide in atmospheric air amounts to about?

Carbondioxde in atmospheric air amount to about 0.04%.


Causes atmospheric air to be rapidly heated?

There are a few causes that lead to atmospheric air to be rapidly heated. Having a fire burning will lead to rapidly heated atmospheric air.


What is the atmospheric phenomenon responsible for soil fertility?

charcoal carbon


What is one way that atmospheric nitrogen enters the soil directly?

no


The force exerted by the weight of a column of air on a surface is called?

Air Pressure The force exerted by the air above is called?


Do roots respire?

Yes, roots do respire. they need oxygen just like all other parts of plants. they get this oxygen from air spaces in the soil. in some plants like rice which grow in wet soil, the roots have air spaces which allow atmospheric oxygen to be transferred to the root cells.


What are environmental or atmospheric hazards of volcanoes?

The environmental and atmospheric hazards of volcanoes are emission of toxic and poisonous gasses and substances into the ecosystem which results to Water, Land/Soil and Atmospheric Pollution.