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Cycles of matter
(khlayla.sloss key terms)
| Definition | Terms |
|---|---|
| states that matter is neither created nor destroyed during chemical or physical changes | The Law of Conservation of Mass |
| States that energy can neither be created nor destroyed- only converted from one form of energy to another | The Law of Conservation of Energy |
| The process in which producers, mainly plants take in carbon dioxide and water with the aid of sunlight to make food and oxygen | Photosynthesis |
| The process in which producers, consumer, and decomposers convert food and oxygen into 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 |
| The process of water changing into water vapor due to increased heat | Evaporation |
| Process where plants release water from their leaves | Transpiration |
| The process of water rising and changing into water droplets | Condensation |
| Condensation that takes place on plants or other objects on a cool morning | Dew |
| 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 and the atmosphere | The Carbon Cycle |
| Describes the movement of oxygen atoms through the ecosystem between living organisms and the atmosphere | The Oxygen Cycle |
| Cutting and clearing forest | Deforestation |
| describes how nitrogen moves between plants, animals, bacteria, the atmosphere, and soil in the ground | The Nitrogen cycle |
| The process of changing free nitrogen gas into a usable form of nitrogen called nitrogen compounds | Nitrogen fixation |