Rock Cycle
Water Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Randomness
100
The process where water and wind wear down a rock
What is weathering
100
The process where heat causes water molecules to speed up so much that they break their hydrogen bonds and change from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation
100
The process used by plants to pull carbon-dioxide out of the air and incorporate it into sugars known as carbohydrates
What is photosynthesis
100
The chemical process that occurs when lightning energizes atmospheric nitrogen and produces ammonia
What is nitrogen fixation
100
The science word for processes in nature that move molecules around from one place to another
What is flux
200
The process where soil and rock debris are removed and transported to another location. Usually depleting the soil of ground cover and nutrients.
What is erosion
200
The process where water vapor cools and returns to a liquid state. This process is aided by rock dust particles suspended in the air.
What is condensation
200
The process used by plants and animals to extract energy from carbohydrates and return carbon dioxide to the air.
What is respiration
200
The chemical process where bacteria in the soil use atmospheric nitrogen and produce ammonia
What is nitrogen fixation
200
The science word for when a molecule like carbon get "stuck" in a substance like rock.
What is a sink
300
A force that causes rock fragments to form into sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
What is pressure
300
Snow, hail, and rain
What is precipitation
300
The chemical reaction that results from the burning of carbon containing material, like wood.
What is combusion
300
A substance that is added to soil to increase its nitrogen content
What is fertilizer
300
A process that involves living things, rocks, and chemical reactions.
What is a biogeochemical process
400
The form of energy that causes molecules to move faster and change from a solid to a liquid or a liquid to a gas
What is heat
400
This water source begins when water seeps through the soil and into porous rock deep underground.
What is groundwater
400
The chemical breakdown of carbon containing molecules, usually resulting in the formation of methane.
What is decomposition.
400
The organic macromolecules found in living things that require nitrogen
What is DNA and protein
400
The predator in Vikia's story that consumed his marine mammal
What is a shark
500
A rock type formed by small rock fragments, usually sand and builds up long the coastline of rivers, lakes, and oceans.
What is sedimentary rock
500
The molecular formula for water
What is H2O
500
An element that can form four covalent bonds and acts as the backbone to organic molecules
What is carbon
500
The chemical formula for the form of nitrogen that living things can use.
What is NH3
500
Sean D was this type of tree in his carbon cycle skit.
What is Douglas Fir
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