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Cycles Of Matter
(EJ's) 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 |
| The process in which producers,consumers, and decomposers convert food and oxygen to produce energy,CO2, and water. | Cellular Respiration |
| Is an essential "important" for life. | Water Cycle |
| Is the process of water changing to a vapor (gas) due to increased heat. | Evaporation |
| The process in which plants release water vapor from their leaves. | Transpiration |
| Is the process of rising water vapor cooling and changing into water droplets and collect dust particles to form clouds. | Condensation |
| Condensation taking place on plants or other objects on a cool morning. | Dew |
| Is the process in which heavy droplets of water fall to the ground in the form of rain,snow,sleet, or hail. | Precipitation |
| The carbon Cycle | Carbon is essential for life and is the building block of all living things. |
| The Oxygen Cycle | Oxygen is essential for life and is mainly required for breathing, combustion “burning”, supporting aquatic life and decomposition of organic waste/matter. |
| Deforestation | Deforestation decreases the number of producers that creates oxygen. |
| The Nitrogen cycle | The nitrogen cycle describes how nitrogen moves between plants, animals, bacteria, the atmosphere (the air), and soil in the ground. |
| Nitrogen fixation | Nitrogen fixation is the process of changing free nitrogen gas (N2) into a usable form of nitrogen called nitrogen compounds. |