Carbon Cycle
The process in which a plant or organism gets energy and food from the sun and water.
What is Photosynthesis in the carbon cycle?
Producers get their energy through:
What is Photosynthesis, they use the sun, water, and Co2 to make sugar and energy. (Oxygen is also produced)
________ is when water changes from water into water vapor because of heat.
What is evaporation?
Define: Matter
What is Anything that has mass or takes up space?
matter in chemical processes are used by many living things.
Sunlight gives _____ their energy
What are producers
Carbon dioxide in the carbon cycle is:
Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of many human and animal processes. It is put in the air through respiration, decomposition, and combustion. Carbon Dioxide is bad for the environment.
_______ Get nitrogen they need by eating other organisms.
What are consumers?
What is transpiration?
When water vapor is released through plants leaves
Define energy:
What is energy is the ability to do work and enables organisms to use matter in life processes.
Food gives us energy so we can move throughout the day.
__________ is the process of how producers get their food
What is photosynthesis
Producers use sunlight, co2, and water to make glucose (sugar).
Fossil fuels are created by:
What is, they form from organisms that have been decomposing underground for many years.
_______ In soil changes nitrogen to fixed nitrogen. this is called nitrogen fixation.
What is bacteria?
How does condensation occur in the water cycle.
when water vapor in the air cools downs and goes back to liquid form.
Define: Groundwater in the water cycle
What is water that fell to the ground through precipitation, then is absorbed into the ground, and is kept in areas in between rocks, it then flows back into other bodies of water.
________ are burned to create energy, in the carbon cycle, this process is called combustion. Also creates carbon dioxide.
What happens during Respiration in the carbon cycle?
Sugars are broken down to release energy, the process uses oxygen gas. energy, carbon dioxide, and water are released.
what is DNA in the nitrogen cycle
What is, DNA needs nitrogen to make cells and make proteins for the human body.
________ is when water is released as waste by organisms
what is respiration in the water cycle.
describe and give an example of law of conservation of mass.
The law of conservation of mass states mass cannot be created or destroyed, it only can change forms.
Ex: when paper is burned, the mass goes into the air as smoke, also ashes are left behind
___________ is burning of materials that when burned, releases carbon, also creates pollution.
What is combustion?
When carbon particles from dead animals are broken down by bacteria, what is this called?
What is decomposition in the carbon cycle?
________ occurs when a dead organism is broken down by decomposers, bacteria or other organisms
What is decomposition in the nitrogen cycle
what is runoff in the water cycle
precipitation that goes in to rivers and streams after it falls on land
Define and give an example of law of conservation of energy.
The Law of conservation of energy states that energy can be created or destroyed.
EX. when Sugars are changed by producers from light energy to chemical energy. When sugars are consumed, a part of the energy is given off as heat, while most of the energy is used for cellular life functions.
Who discovered the law of conservation of energy and mass
(hint: two different people)
Julius Robert Mayer and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier