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Nitrogen cycle
Cycle in which a gas in the air is fixed into a form that plants can use
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transpiration
Plants losing water through their stomata
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Carbon Dioxide (C02)
Plants and animals release _____________ as a product of respiration.
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the process where bacteria and fungi breakdown a dead organism's tissues --> they use some of the carbon as food.
What is decay?
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usable form of nitrogen that bacteria use in the nitrogen cycle
What is ammonia?
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carbon-oxygen cycle
Cycle in which plants turn gas in the air into oxygen
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water cycle
The cycle in which water moves through the environment
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plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food.
Photosynthesis is when ____________________.
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decayed organisms
Petroleum is made from _________________
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What process does this picture show?
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water falling from the sky
Precipitation is _____
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respiration
Process of releasing energy from food is _____
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burning fuels, people and animals breathing
Name the processes that produce Carbon Dioxide?
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the burning fuels in cars and factories.
What upsets the balance of the carbon-oxygen cycle?
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What process does this picture show?
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evaporation
Water turning into water vapor is _________
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oxygen
Plants release ___________ into the atmosphere as a byproduct of photosynthesis.
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ammonia and nitrates
______________ return to the soil in animal waste.
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condenses
Water vapor ____________ into clouds, then water falls to the Earth as rain.
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What process does this picture show?
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condensation
Water vapor turning into water is _______
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respiration
_____________- provides energy for plants to grow
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nitrates in the soil
Plants make proteins from ______________.
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When it rains
How do chemicals and pesticides get into groundwater supplies?
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transpiration
What process involves plants returning water to the environment?
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