WATER CYCLE
CYCLES GALOURE!
VOC
VOC 2
100
Water vapor turning into water.
What is condensation??
100
Cycle in which a gas in the air is 'fixed' into a form that plants can use.
What is the nitrogen cycle??
100
During this process, plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis??
100
Cold air causes water vapor to condense and form these.
What are clouds??
200
Water turning into water vapor.
What is evaporation??
200
Cycle in which wtare is recycled.
What is the water cycle??
200
Petroleum is made from this.
What is decayed organisms??
200
Plants release this into the air.
What is oxygen??
300
Water falling from clouds.
What is precipitation??
300
Cycle in which plants turn gas in the air into oxygen.
What is the carbon-oxygen cycle??
300
In this process bacteria and fungi break down a dead organism's tissues and use some of the carbon as food.
What is decay??
300
These return to the soil in animal waste.
What are ammonia and nitrates??
400
Plants losing water through their stomata.
What is transpiration??
400
Process of releasing energy from food.
What is respiration??
400
Plants return water to the environment through this process.
What is transpiration??
400
Chemicals get into groundwater through this.
What is rain??
500
Three types of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet, hail??
500
The gas that we breathe out.
What is carbon dioxide??
500
Ammonia is a usable form of nitrogen that bacteria use in this cycle.
What is the nitrogen cycle??
500
Burning fuels in cars and factories upsets the balance of this cycle.
What is the carbon-oxygen cycle??