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Cycles test
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from? | Sun |
| What is evaporation? | Water gets warm and changes from liquid water to water vapor. |
| What is the correct term for moisture that falls to the ground from clouds? | Precipitation |
| From where does most water evaporate? | Oceans |
| What is the correct term for rising water vapor meeting colder air and turning back into water droplets? | Condensation |
| What is the only thing in nature that can be a solid, a liquid, or a gas? | Water |
| What are the three main stages of the water cycle? | Evaporation, condensation, precipitation |
| Where is water vapor found? in the air around you in your breath in steam from a kettle | All of the above |
| What is the correct term for plants releasing water from their leaves, which then evaporates? | Transpiration |
| Where does some water from the water cycle collect underground? | Aquifers |
| Fog over a lake would be an example of which part of the water cycle? | Condensation |
| Rain, snow, hail, and sleet are all examples of which stage of the water cycle? | Precipitation |
| On a mountain in the spring, snow melts and trickles into a creek. In turn, the creek flows into a river, which eventually reaches the ocean. Of which part of the water cycle is this an example? | Run-off |
| A tea kettle is boiling on the stove, and all of a sudden the whistle in the spout of the kettle starts shrieking. Steam rising from the boiling water causes the whistle to sound. What part of the water cycle does the steam represent? | Evaporation |
| You have purchased a soft drink at your favorite fast-food restaurant. You notice that the glass is "sweating". What part of the water cycle is the "sweat" on the side of your soft drink glass an example of? | Condensation |
| 95% of the Earth’s water is stored in its: | Oceans |
| Which processes are most likely to cause a rise in the water table? | Precipitation and Infiltration |
| Which process should be shown in place of the question marks to best complete the flowchart? Precipitation----> Run-off---> Ocean----> ????--> Water Vapor | Evaporation |
| The water table usually rises when there is: | An increase in the amount of precipitation |
| Which of the following is an example of runoff? water flowing down a mountainside lake water evaporating during a drought ground water being absorbed by the roots of trees water evaporating to form clouds | Water flowing down a mountain side |
| When water heats up and rises from the ocean it is called: | Evaporation |
| When water evaporates off trees it’s called: | Transpiration |
| The process of water vapor becoming clouds: | Condensation |
| Water falling in the form of snow, hail, rain, etc: | Precipitation |
| Water going in a lake, river, or pond: | Percolation |
| Water going from steep hills or terrain back into the ocean: | Run-Off |
| This process pulls carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make food for plants: | Photosynthesis |
| This forms when carbon gets buried miles underground for millions and millions of years: | Fossil Fuels |
| Carbon dioxide is a type of ______________________ gas that traps heat in the atmosphere: | Greenhouse |
| Which organism is responsible for changing atmospheric nitrogen (N2) to ammonia (NH3)? | Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria |
| Where in the environment do plants absorb nitrogen from? | The Soil |
| Which of the following molecules depend on nitrogen availability? ATP Amino acids to form proteins DNA and RNA | All of the above |
| Which organism returns fixed nitrogen back into the atmosphere in the form of N2? | Denitrifying bacteria |
| What is the first step in the nitrogen cycle, in which gaseous nitrogen is converted into ammonia? | Nitrogen fixation |
| Transpiration occurs in: | Plants |
| Finish the phrase: Water that seeps downward through the soil and rock... | ... Must move into the ocean before returning to the surface. |
| What chemical gets respirated by animals and absorbed by plants? | CO2 |
| What happens when plants take in the chemicals from the air? | Photosynthesis |
| What the term for when animals and plants release CO2? | Cellular Respiration |
| What is it called when carbon from deep underground gets put back into the air? | Burning Fossil Fuels (Combustion) |
| Carbon buried deep underground: | Fossil Fuels |
| When carbon from dead plants and animals goes into the soil: | Decomposition |
| What is the term for basic Nitrogen? | Atmospheric Nitrogen (N2) |
| What is the term for the bacteria that makes nitrogen chemically useable? | Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria |
| What is the process of Nitrogen becoming chemically useable? | Nitrogen Fixation |
| What is the process that makes nitrogen useable by plants and animals? | Nitrification |
| The process of Nitrogen becoming its base state: | Denitrification |
| The bacteria that makes Nitrogen into its base state: | Denitrifying Bacteria |
| When the nitrogen from deceased animals and plants goes into the ground and gets chemically modified with the help of ammonia’s | Ammonification |
| Bacteria that makes nitrogen useable by plants and animals: | Nitrifying Bacteria |
| How might the removal of vegetation affect carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere? | It will raise carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere |
| Which organisms are most critical in the nitrogen cycle? | Bacteria |
| The process of water vapor changing state into liquid water is called: | Condensation |
| True or false: Precipitation can only fall as liquid water. | False |
| Water deep inside the earth: | Ground water |
| I am the continuous movement of water in all its forms among Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and land that runs because the sun’s energy. What am I? | Water cycle |
| I am water vapor and I was just in a plant. What step of the water cycle am I in? | Transpiration |
| I am runoff just after a rainstorm. Where am I? | On earths surface |
| I am liquid water that is currently precipitating. Where am I? | In the atmosphere |
| I can be in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow. What am I? | Precipitation |
| I am the water the makes up the clouds. What states of matter am I? Liquid & Solid Gas & Liquid Solid & Gas | None of the above |
| I am a liquid water molecule near the surface of the ocean. What causes me to heat up and change to a gas? | The sun |
| I am a water molecule in the ground. What am I? | Groundwater |
| I am the water in the ocean. What state of matter am I? | Liquid |
| We are tiny water droplets and ice crystals in a cloud. What step of the water cycle are we? | Condensation |
| All groundwater will eventually end up here. What am I? | In the Earths Ocean |
| Which is the best description of a biogeochemical (nutrient) cycle? | A closed loop where elements pass between organisms and physical spaces within the biosphere |
| What process involves the capture and conversion of nitrogen into a useable form by plants? | Nitrogen Fixation |
| Define transpiration: | Evaporation from plants |
| Define evaporation: | Water changing from liquid form to gas/water vapor |
| Define precipitation: | Rain, snow, sleet |
| Define Run-off: | Water traveling across land to large body of water |
| What two processes drive the carbon cycle? | Photosynthesis & respiration |
| True or false: The combustion of fossil fuels does not add carbon dioxide to our atmosphere. | False |
| What happens when we burn fossil fuels for energy production? | Carbon dioxide gets released into the air |
| Why do organisms require nitrogen? | To make proteins |
| True or false: We cannot directly use the nitrogen gas in the air; consumers can't process it in the N2 form. | True |
| Why do farmers add fertilizer to their crops? | Fertilizer has readily usable nitrogen that plants use to grow |
| True or false: Nitrogen-based fertilizer run-off can be a dangerous problem in lakes and oceans that feed off of water flow from farms. | True |
| Where do consumers get there carbon? | Eating other animals |
| True or false: Carbon dioxide is released through respiration. | True |
| Which of the following REMOVES carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? photosynthesis nitrogen fixation evaporation respiration | Photosynthesis |
| Which molecule is a product of photosynthesis that is essential to the carbon cycle? | Glucose |
| Which processes increase the amount of available carbon in the carbon cycle? | Animal respiration, plant respiration, burning of fossil fuels, decomposition of plants & animals |
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