Water Cycle
What is precipitation?
Water released from the atmosphere in the form of rain, snow, or hail
What is nitrogen fixation?
The process where nitrogen from the atmosphere is converted into organic matter
What is the definition of photosynthesis?
The process of plants using abiotic elements to create their own food.
What is the name for this definition: The exchange of carbon between the atmosphere and the ocean
Diffusion
Ownership
Compassion
Integrity
Curiosity
What is evaporation?
The process of liquid changing from a liquid to a gas
What is ammonification?
The process where decomposers break down waste and dead things into ammonia.
Name the four abiotic elements that plants need to do photosynthesis
Water, sunlight, carbon dioxide, and minerals.
What is a fossil fuel?
Natural fuel formed from the remains of living organisms in the geological past.
Who is older... Mr. G or Mrs. G?
Mr. G
What is condensation?
The conversion of a gas to a liquid
What is nitrification?
The process of bacteria converting nitrogen into ammonia. Nitrification then turns the nitrites into nitrates.
What are chloroplasts?
Name two ways that carbon can be released into the atmosphere
Human/animal respiration (breathing) and the burning of fossil fuels
What is Mrs. G's maiden name (before she got married)
Miss. Powell
What is percolation?
The slow movement of water through the soil or rock.
What is assimilation?
The process of plants absorbing the nitrates.
What is the name for the process plants use when they break down carbon dioxide and water?
Cellular respiration
What role do decomposers play in the carbon cycle?
They break down waste and release carbon back into the atmosphere.
What is Mrs. G's middle name?
Marie
What is the purpose of the water cycle?
To clean and redistribute water in the atmosphere
What is the purpose of the nitrogen cycle?
To convert nitrogen in the atmosphere into a useable form that living things can use.
What chemical is produced at the end of photosynthesis?
ATP (Adenosine triphosphate)
Where forms is carbon found in the lithosphere?
How many legit labubus (not counting the lafufu) does Mrs. G have?