Water Cycle
Water Cycle Continued
Oxygen and Carbon Cycle
Carbon Cycle Continued
Fun Fact Questions about the Water/Carbon Cycles
100
Liquid water gaining heat energy and changing into a gas state.
What is evaporation.
100
Small pieces of ice that fall from storm clouds.
What is hail.
100
This process includes plants making food.
What is photosynthesis
100
Deep oceans and rain forests are considered the largest type of???
Carbon sink OR Carbon reservoir
100
How fast do rain drops fall from clouds?
14mph
200
When water vapor rises higher in the atmosphere and cools down or when gas turns into a liquid.
What is condensation.
200
The process by which water circulates due to the sun's energy and gravity.
What is the WATER CYCLE
200
This is the gas humans exhale that is a necessity for plants.
What is carbon dioxide
200
The process of burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon dioxide to the atmosphere is known as???
Combustion
200
86% of the world's evaporation occurs by _________?
Oceans
300
The process of plants absorbing water through their roots.
What is plant uptake.
300
What are the 3 forms of matter.
Solid, liquid, gas
300
In the atmosphere, carbon exists mostly as???
Carbon Dioxide
300
What is the name of the process of carbon dioxide being released from living organisms into the atmosphere? (Exhaling)
Respiration
300
About _______% of your body is carbon.
18%
400
What is it called when snow,sleet, rain, or hail form and fall to the ground?
What is the precipitation?
400
Explain how we get our lakes and oceans.
After water has moved as far downwards as it can through runoff, it will collect at the lowest point.
400
When an organism dies, ____________________ break it down and return carbon to the soil.
What are decomposers.
400
What can a disturbed carbon cycle and excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to?
Global Warming
400
True or False: The graphite in your pencil is carbon.
TRUE
500
The process of liquids filtering through porous surfaces.
What is percolation.
500
Use the following terms to label the Water Cycle Diagram. (Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff, Collection, Transpiration)
Use Expo and label on board.
500
What is a natural fuel formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms?
Fossil Fuels
500
Which process REMOVES carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Photosynthesis
500
On average, how long does a water molecule stay in the atmosphere before falling back to Earth?
9 days