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Cycles of Matter
(Winter D. ) Key terms
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 produce food and oxygen | Photosynthesis |
| 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 |
| The process of water changing to water vapor due to increase in heat. | Evaporation |
| plants release water vapor from their leaves . | Transpiration |
| The process of rising water vapor cooling and changing into water droplets. | Condensation |
| Condensation can also take place on plants or other objects on a cool morning. | Dew |
| The process in which heavy droplets of water fall to the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet ,or hail. | Precipitation |
| essential for life. Is the building block of all living things | The Carbon Cycle |
| Essential for life and is mainly required for breathing, combustion, and aquatic life. | The Oxygen Cycle |
| cutting and clearing forest. | Deforestation |
| Important component of building proteins in animals and an essential nutrient for plants. | The Nitrogen cycle |
| The process of changing free nitrogen gas into usable form of nitrogen called nitrogen compounds. | Nitrogen fixation |