THE WATER CYCLE
THE CARBON CYCLE
THE NITROGEN CYCLE
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SUCCESSION
WILD CARD
100
The changing of a substance from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
100
Plants use carbon dioxide to make sugars during...
What is photosynthesis?
100
Nitrogen is important to living things because (2 answers)
What is it builds proteins and DNA for new cells?
100
The replacement of one type of community by another over time
What is succession?
100
The following visual is an illustration of this cycle
What is the water cycle?
200
The changing of a substance from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
200
Organisms use oxygen to break down sugar molecules and release carbon back into the atmosphere during...
What is respiration?
200
Bacteria in the soil helps by...
What is change Nitrogen gas into a form plants and animals can use?
200
Community growing in an area where organisms have never lived, starts usually with just bare rock
What is primary succession?
200
The following visual represents this cycle of nature
What is the carbon cycle?
300
Any form of water that falls from the sky and lands on the Earth's surface
What is precipitation?
300
A substance is broken into simpler molecules returning carbon into the environment
What is decomposition?
300
Organisms get Nitrogen they need by ...
What is eating plants, or eating animals that eat plants?
300
Community growing in an area of affected by a disturbance such as a flood
What is secondary succession?
300
The following visual represents this cycle in nature
What is the nitrogen cycle?
400
Water is important because....
What is without water, there would be no life on Earth.
400
The process of a substance burning and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
What is combustion?
400
Lightning can cause...
What is nitrogen fixation?
400
The first organisms to live in an area, such as lichens are
What are pioneer species?
400
The following visual represents
What is secondary succession?
500
The release of water vapor from a plant back into the atmosphere
What is transpiration?
500
Animals obtain carbon from the food they eat. Then, they give off carbon dioxide through ____ and contribute carbon to the soil through ____.
What is respiration, feces/decomposition?
500
Scientists want to destroy all bacteria on Earth in order to get rid of diseases caused by bacteria, give 1 reason by this is a bad idea.
What is certain bacteria are necessary to convert nitrogen gas into a form for living things to use (Nitrogen is essential for living things)?
500
Well adapted species in a mature community
What are climax species?
500
The following visual represents
What is primary succession?
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