Carbon Cycle
A heterotroph is an organism that cannot make its own food
False
Process in which liquid water turns into water vapor
Evaporation
In the nitrogen cycle
a. Sugar is produced in the form of glucose
b. Nitrogen must change forms in order to be usable by plants
c. Plants make their own food
d. Carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere
Nitrogen must change forms in order to be usable by plants
Which is true about the oxygen cycle?
a. Animals take in oxygen and use it to break down glucose and release energy
b. Plants take in glucose and use it to make carbon dioxide
c. The first step is fixation
d. Carbon travels from the atmosphere into organisms and the Earth and then back into the atmosphere
Animals take in oxygen and use it to break down glucose and release energy
Which is true of the carbon cycle?
a. Plants take in oxygen and produce carbon dioxide
b. Bacteria help the cycle work properly
c. Some carbon is trapped beneath the Earth in rocks and sediments
d. water and carbon dioxide come together to make sugar
Some carbon is trapped beneath the Earth in rocks and sediments
Process in which water vapor turns into liquid water
Condensation
The useable form of nitrogen is called
Nitrates
What are the main producers of oxygen?
Plants
What is the carbon cycle
recycling of carbon throughout our Earth's system. In this process, carbon travels from the atmosphere into organisms and the Earth and then back into the atmosphere
Process in which water falls from the clouds to the Earth
Precipitation
What do animals do with the nitrogen they absorb?
a. Produce toxins
b. Produce oxygen
c. Produce carbon dioxide
d. Build proteins and DNA
Build proteins and DNA
What two energy cycles does Photosynthesis fall under?
Oxygen and Carbon
What is the greenhouse effect?
increase in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide which causes the Earth to increase in temperature
Water is a nonrenewable resource
False
What organism is responsible for fixing Nitrogen?
Bacteria
What is a producer?
A producer is an organism that creates its own food or energy.
What is a fossil fuel?
a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
What is the water cycle?
The water cycle shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere. It is a complex system that includes many different processes.
WHat are the five steps of the Nitrogen Cycle?
Fixation, Nitrification, Assimilation. Ammonification, Denitrification
What do photo and synthesis mean?
Photo means light and synthesis means to make or create