The Hydrologic Cycle
The Rock Cycle
The Nitrogen Cycle
The Carbon Cycle
Definitions
100
Rain, snow and sleet are examples of _________________.
Precipitation
100
What rock is formed from the compaction and ‘gluing’ of sediments?
Sedimentary rock
100
The majority of the nitrogen cycle occurs thanks to which organisms?
Bacteria
100
Name two of the major carbon sinks.
Atmosphere Fossil fuels Ocean Plants (and animals)
100
Water changing from liquid to gas.
Evaporation
200
In the water cycle, what powers the movement of water against gravity?
The Sun
200
What rock is formed from the cooling of magma?
Igneous rock
200
What is the term for the bacteria that break down organic materials such as waste, dead plants and animals?
Decomposers
200
Humans greatly impact the carbon cycle, primarily through the burning of fossil fuels. Name the other major impact.
Deforestation (or cutting down of trees)
200
A consumer eating another organism.
Ingestion
300
Sublimation is when water changes from _________ to _____________.
Solid, gas
300
Weathering and erosion is a precursor to the creation of which rock?
Sedimentary rock
300
Nitrogen is required to create the building blocks of two vitals groups of molecules in our bodies. Name one.
Proteins DNA or RNA (nucleic acids)
300
What process allows for carbon in the atmosphere to enter back into the carbon cycle and become part of organisms?
Photosynthesis
300
The process by which minerals ‘glue’ together pieces of sediment.
Cementation
400
What is the name of the process when water initially enters the soil?
Infiltration
400
Rock that is heated between 600-1200 degrees Fahrenheit will eventually change into what rock?
Metamorphosis rock
400
What is the name of the process when ammonium is converted into nitrites and nitrates?
Nitrification
400
Apart from combustion, what other process carried out by most organisms returns carbon to the atmosphere?
Cellular respiration
400
The process by which plants absorb minerals from the soil and incorporate them into their organism.
Assimilation
500
What is the name of the process that includes all the changes of water from liquid to water in the atmosphere?
Evapotranspiration
500
Name the two steps/ processes that sedimentary rock must go through to become igneous rock?
Heat and pressure Melting
500
What is the name of bacteria that convert nitrogen in the air into ammonium?
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
500
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose (sugar) and oxygen
500
Water flowing and filtering through the saturated layers of rock and soil.
Percolation
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