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The Water Cycle
Water
Carbon/Nitrogen Cycles
Nitrogen Cycle/Global Warming
Miscellaneous
100

The movement of water from a lake to the sky is called ___

What is evaporation?

100
Name three water reservoirs.
What are oceans, glaciers, groundwater, lakes, rivers, soil moisture, & the atmosphere.
100
Name one carbon reservoir other than the earth's crust.
What is the atmosphere, soil, plants, etc.
100

Organic matter and waste are turned into ammonia through the process of

What is ammonification?

100
Two hydrogens and one oxygen

What is water?

200
Rain, snow, and hail are forms of ___.
What is precipitation?
200

Break down wastes and dead organisms

What are decomposers?

200

Attraction of water molecules to themselves (other water molecules)

What is cohesion?

200
The form of nitrogen plants take in and use for growth. 

What is nitrate?

200

How plants sweat

What is transpiration?

300
Which is more abundant on earth, saltwater or freshwater?
What is saltwater.
300
By what process is carbon dioxide released by an organism into the air?
What is aerobic respiration?
300
Nitrogen is primarily found in what state of matter?
What is gas?
300

The process where nitrates is converted back to atmospheric nitrogen.

What is denitrification?

300
The most toxic to fish in a closed environment.

What is ammonia?

400

Length for nitrogen cycle in an aquarium.

What is 2-4 weeks?

400

This bond holds the molecule of water together.

What is hydrogen bond?

400
What is the most abundant element in the earth's atmosphere?
What is nitrogen?
400

The only organism that can break the bonds of atmospheric nitrogen.

What is t bacteria?

400

Bacteria that can "eat" nitrite. 

What is notrobacter?

500

The Earth's saltwater makes up this percentage of total water.

What is 97%?

500

This concept allows small insects to walk on water because of cohesion.

What is surface tension?

500

Plants uptake nitrogen from the soil through the process of

What is assimilation?

500
Name a human activity that is suspected to be contributing to global warming.
What is burning fossils fuels, using gasoline, overusing electricity, etc.?
500

Bacteria that "eats" ammonia. 

What is nitrosonomas?