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Water Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
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SCIENCE RULES
100
Water falling to the earth from condensed clouds is known as what?
What is precipitation.
100

What has to happen to atmospheric nitrogen before we can use it?

It has to be "fixed"

100
Which biological process do plants use to take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and get energy?
What is photosynthesis.
100

Something continuous that does not have a start or ending. 

A cycle

100

The study of life is known as this.

Biology

200

Once that water falls to the ground, what is it considered?

What is groundwater.

200
Who "fixes" the nitrogen into a form that we can use?
What is bacteria (either in the soil or in the roots of legumes).
200
Name two ways that carbon is released into the atmosphere using biological processes?
What is cellular respiration and decomposition.
200

What process requires carbon dioxide and releases oxygen in the Carbon Cycle?

Photosynthesis

200

What is the chemical symbol for water?

H2O

300
How does ocean/lake water return to the atmosphere?
What is evaporation.
300
Animals get most of the nitrogen they need by what?
What is "consuming plants or other animals that have the nitrogen".
300
Humans have contributed more carbon to the carbon cycle by doing what?
What is burning fossil fuels.
300

The process in which Oxygen is converted into Carbon Dioxide

Cellular Respiration

300

This planet is known as the Red Planet.

Mars
400

Which process evaporates water from the leaves of trees?

What is transpiration.

400
What is it called when Nitrogen in the soil is transformed and returned to the atmosphere?

Denitrificaiton

400
How do herbivores and carnivores get the carbon that they need?
What is "by consuming plants and/or animals that have carbon".
400

The draining away of water from land to a body of water (Lakes, Oceans, etc)

Runoff

400

The study of Organisms and their relationship with other organisms and the environment

Ecology

500
What is "transpiration"?
What is "when leaves release water through their underside to evaporate".
500
Nitrogen is used in the body to make what?
What is DNA and proteins.
500
Why do we need carbon?
What is "to form DNA and proteins". The creation of cells is also acceptable.
500
A chemical substance that living organisms obtain from the environment to carry out life processes.  



Nutrients

500

What is the largest level of organization?

Biosphere