Definitions
Photosynthesis: The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct
Respiration: A process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances
Decomposition: The state or process of rotting; decay
Sediment: Particulate matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land or the bottom of a body of water, and may in time become consolidated into rock
Diffusion: The spreading of something more widely
Emission: The production and discharge of something, esp. gas or radiation
Deposition: The input of reactive nitrogen species from the atmosphere to the biosphere
Condensation: The process of becoming more dense, in particular water forming droplets
Evaporation: To convert or change into a vapor
Precipitation: The action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution
Respiration: A process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances
Decomposition: The state or process of rotting; decay
Sediment: Particulate matter that is carried by water or wind and deposited on the surface of the land or the bottom of a body of water, and may in time become consolidated into rock
Diffusion: The spreading of something more widely
Emission: The production and discharge of something, esp. gas or radiation
Deposition: The input of reactive nitrogen species from the atmosphere to the biosphere
Condensation: The process of becoming more dense, in particular water forming droplets
Evaporation: To convert or change into a vapor
Precipitation: The action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution