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Cycles of matter
Tyler Hook 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 - only converted from one form of energy to another. | The Law of 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 form/states | Water Cycle |
| 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 |
| The process of rising "water going up" water vapor (gas) cooling and changing into water droplets (liquid) | Condensation |
| Condensation can also take place on planets and other objects on a cool morning forming what? | Dew |
| The process in which heavy droplets of waterfall to the ground in the form of rain, snows, sleet, and hail. | Precipitation |
| Describes the movement of carbon atoms through the ecosystems between living organisms (biotic) and the atmosphere (abiotic) | The Carbon Cycle |
| Describes the movement of oxygen atoms through the ecosystem between living (biotic) and the atmosphere (abiotic). | The Oxygen Cycle |
| Decreases the number of producers that create oxygen. | Deforestation |
| It describes how the nitrogen moves between plants, animals, bacteria, the atmosphere (the air), and soil in the ground | The Nitrogen cycle |
| The process of changing free nitrogen gas(N2) into a usable form of nitrogen called nitrogen compounds. | Nitrogen fixation |