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Cycles of Matter
Tyler K key terms
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| States that matter is neither created nor destroyed during chemical or physical changes | The law conservation of Mass |
| States that energy can neither created nor destroyed during chemical or physical changes | The law conservation of Energy |
| Is the process in which producers, mainly plants take in carbon dioxide and water with the aid of sunlight to produce food and oxygen | Photosynthesis |
| is the process in which producers,consumers, and decomposers convert food and oxygen to produce energy, carbon dioxide, and water | cellular respiration |
| describes the movement of water from the earth's surface to the atmosphere and back in various forms/states | water cycle |
| is the process of water liquid changing to water vapor gas due to increased heat | evaporation |
| plants release water vapor from their leaves during a process called | transpiration |
| is the process of rising (water going up) water vapor gas cooling and changing into water droplets liquid | condensation |
| condensation can also take place on plants or other objects on a cool morning | dew |
| Precipitation is the process in which heavy droplets of water fall to the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail | precipitation |
| describes the movement of carbon atoms through the ecosystem between living organisms (biotic) and the atmosphere (abiotic) | carbon cycle |
| describes the movement of oxygen atoms through the ecosystem between living organisms (biotic) and the atmosphere (abiotic) | oxygen cycle |
| deforestation “cutting and clearing forest” and burning wood/lumber | deforestation |
| describes how nitrogen moves between plants, animals, bacteria, the atmosphere (the air), and soil in the ground | nitrogen cycle |
| is the process of changing free nitrogen gas (N2) into a usable form of nitrogen called nitrogen compounds | nitrogen fixation |