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The Water Cycle
Water/Carbon Cycles
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

Where is carbon found in our planet?

What is the atmosphere, soil, plants, etc.

100

Name 3 things that can reduce the air pollution?


What is deforestation, conversion of grassland to farmland/plant removal, etc.?

100

What chemical is addeed in water treatment during disinfection?

Cl

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

This process involves cutting down trees and reduces the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere.

deforestation

200
This type of harmful precipitation is formed from nitrogen that had accumulated in a cloud. It damages plants and pollutes aquatic habitats.
What is acid rain?
200
What is the main reservoir of nitrogen?
What is the atmosphere?
200

Name 2 types of seperation techniques.

filtration, distillation

300

This process happens when water gathers in large bodies like oceans, lakes, and rivers.

Accumulation

300

Dead plants and animals can become this over millions of years, storing carbon underground.

Fossil fuels
300
Nitrogen is primarily found in what state of matter?
What is gas?
300
Name a greenhouse gas.
What is carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons, etc?
300

The second step in cleaning drinking water is allowing large particles to settle out in this process.

Sedimentation

400
Evaporation of water from plant parts is called ___.
What is transpiration?
400

By what process is oxygen transformed into carbon dioxide?

respiration

400
What is the most abundant element in the earth's atmosphere?
What is nitrogen?
400
The process by which greenhouse gases absorb infrared energy and emit it toward earth's surface is known as the ___.
What is the greenhouse effect?
400

This type of pollution occurs when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds react with sunlight.

photochemical smog

500
The biggest water reservoir is the ___.
What is the ocean?
500

Deforestation not only releases carbon dioxide but also decreases the Earth’s ability to reflect sunlight, contributing to this warming effect.

Gloval warming

500

When plants and animals die, decomposers break them down and return nitrogen to the soil in this form.

Ammonia

500

Name 2 human activities that is suspected to be contributing to global warming.

What is burning fossils fuels, using gasoline, overusing electricity, etc.?

500
Is most of earth's freshwater found in solid or liquid form?
What is solid form?