Water Cycle | Carbon Cycle | Nitrogen Cycle | Other Parts of the Cycles | Fun Facts |
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Evaporation
The proccess of liquid turning to vapor
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Photosynthesis
The proccess in which plants absorb carbon dioxide and sunlight to create glucose and other sugars
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Precipatation
Causes nitrogen run-off from farms and gardens
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Bacteria
What "fixes" nitrogen into a usebale form (nitrogen cycle)
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False, nitrogen gas is colorless, orderless, and tasteless
True or False? Nitrogen gas has a weird eggy smell to it
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Run-off
When there is an excessive amount of precipataion and the ground is saturated this occurs:
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Fossil Fuels
Storage reservoirs such as coal and oil that contain carbon from plants and animals that lived millions of years ago
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Organic waste
Things like dead plants/organisms, and organism waste that is able to be decomposed to add nitrogen to the soil
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Auto and Factory Emissions
The product of burning fossil fuels to power things like vehicles and factories (carbon cycyle)
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True
True or False? Almost 97% of the Earth's water is undrinkable
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Precipatation
Water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail
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CO2
The gas plants use during photsynthesis
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Dentrification
The final step in the nitrogen cycle where certain types of bacteria take in nitrate and convert it back to nitrogen gas, which is then released back into the air
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Limestone
What things such as sea creature shells form before becoming fossil fuels (carbon cycle)
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True
True or False? Carbons are consumed by every living organism
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Condensation
The proccess in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water
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Sunlight
What keeps the carbon cycle moving by providing light energy
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Nitrification
The proccess of certain types of bacteria converting ammonia into nitrite and then into nitrate
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Plant uptake
Water taken by plants from groundwater flow and soil moisture (water cycle)
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False, most of the nitrogen in the atmosphere is unable to be used by plants and animals
True or False? Most of the nitrogen in the atmpsohere is able to be used by plants and animals
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Transpiration
The proccess of water vapor being released from plants and soil
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Organism Decay
The proccess of organisms dieing and then decaying which brings carbon into the ground
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Nitrogen gas
Makes up 78% of the gases in the atmosphere
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Ammonium
Inorganic nitrogen produced by bacteria decomposing an organism (nitrogen cycle)
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True
True or False? Water regulates the Earth's temperature
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