Vocabulary
Nitrogen Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Phosphorus Cycle
Water Cycle
100
The evaporation from the leaves of plants is called this
What is transpiration
100
Nitrogen makes this in organisms
What are proteins
100
The process in which plants use carbon dioxide
What is photosynthesis
100
Phosphate is released when these break down
What are rocks and minerals
100
Water molecules enter the atmosphere as this
What is water vapor
200
The process of water changing from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
What is evaporation
200
The process of converting nitrogen gas into ammonia
What is nitrogen fixation
200
Carbon dioxide is found in the..
What is the atmosphere
200
Phosphate does this when insertered in rivers and streams
What is dissolve
200
Water enters plants through the...
What is the roots
300
The chemical substances an organism needs to sustain life
What are nutrients
300
The process of converting nitrates into nitrogen gas
What is denitrification
300
Dissolved carbon dioxide is found in..
What is the ocean
300
Phosphate forms these two important things which are important for sustaining life.
What are DNA and RNA
300
These form when water vapor condenses and cools
What are clouds
400
The process of bacteria converting nitrogen gas into ammonia
What is nitrogen fixation
400
Nitrogen gas makes up ___ percent of the atmosphere
What is 78%
400
Calcium carbonite is found in....
What is rocks
400
Organic phosphate moves through the this
What is food web
400
This is the process when large droplets return to earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail
What is precipitation
500
The rate at which organic matter is created by producers
What is primary productivity
500
These are the only organisms able to produce usable nitrogen from the atmosphere
What are bacteria
500
The place where carbon returns to after it has been broken down in cellular respiration
What is the atmosphere
500
Phosphorus is not common in the this
What is biosphere
500
The process of water soaking into the soil until it becomes ground water
What is seepage