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Water Cycle I
Water Cycle II
Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
100
water falls to Earth as a liquid (usually rain, sleet or snow)
What is Precipitation?
100
The water cycle is driven by the _______.
What is the Sun?
100
One organism eats another for carbon
What is Consumption?
100
decomposers like bacteria break dead matter down, returning nitrogen to the soil.
What is Decomposition?
200
sun heats liquid water to vapor and it rises to the atmosphere
What is Evaporation?
200
This reaction occurs in all organisms and releases water into the atmosphere as a product
What is Cellular Respiration?
200
CO2 released into the atmosphere from burning
What is Combustion?
200
Bacteria (or lightning!) in the soil or water convert nitrogen (from the air or water) into forms that plants can use
What is Nitrogen Fixation?
300
water condenses to form clouds before precipitating again
What is Condensation?
300
An increase in Deforestation will cause a decrease in this stage of the water cycle.
What is Transpiration?
300
Decomposers break down carbon from dead organisms, allowing it to be recycled in the soil
What is Decomposition?
300
Bacteria convert nitrogen from waste (urine and feces) into ammonia.
What is Ammonification?
400
some water seeps from the surface of the Earth to underground aquifers
What is Infiltration?
400
This reaction occurs in plants and takes in water as a reactant to produce glucose and Oxygen gas
What is Photosynthesis?
400
converts carbon from once-living organisms into a fuel source through intense heat and compression, including natural gas, oil, and coal
What is Fossilization?
400
Bacteria convert nitrogen in ammonia into nitrates and nitrites to be absorbed by plants in their roots.
What is Nitrification?
500
water rises back into the atmosphere as water vapor from plants
What is Transpiration?
500
Paving, building and development will increase _____ and decrease ______.
What is Runoff and Infiltration?
500
When fossil fuels are burned this causes a major increase in _______ of CO2 in the atmosphere
What is Combustion?
500
bacteria convert nitrogen in ammonia to N2 so it can go back into the atmosphere
What is Denitrification?