VOCABULARY
NITROGEN CYCLE
CARBON OXYGEN CYCLE
WATER CYCLE
MYSTERY
100
Process in which water moves through the environment?
water cycle
100
Where do plants get the nitrogen they need?
soil
100
Animals release___________________ as a product of respiration.
carbon dioxide
100
Plants increase the amount of ___________ ____________ in the atmosphere.
water vapor
200
Plants turn gas into breathable air for humans.
Carbon Oxygen Cycle
200
How is nitrogen fixed?
lightening
200
What provides the energy for photosynthesis?
Sun
200
Plants loosing water through their stomata is called
transpiration
200
Fuels contain mostly what gas?
carbon
300
A gas in the air is fixed into a form that plants can use?
nitrogen
300
Name two things that animal's waste return to the soil?
1. ammonia 2. nitraits
300
The process where plants make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
Photosynthesis
300
Chemicals, pesticides get into groundwater and supplies through...
precipitation/rain
300
Where is most of the Earth's fresh water stored?
ice gaps
400
Any form of water that falls?
precipitation
400
What is the process called that breaks down dead organism's tissue?
Decaying
400
Name 2 places where carbon is stored?
1. ocean 2. atmosphere
400
Plants return water to the environment through....
the process of transpiration
400
Water vapor turning into water?
condensation
500
What is the last phase of the water cycle called. When rain water runs back into oceans and lakes.
Collection
500
All living organisms need what to live?
nitrogen
500
Process of releasing energy from food?
respiration
500
About what percentage of the human body is made up of water?
70%
500
Most nitrogen is fixed by?
bacteria