Biogeochemical Cycles

Front

In the carbon cycle, producers take in the gas __

Back

carbon dioxide

Front

Combustion is another word for __________.

Back

Burning

Front

What process occurs when coal (fossil fuel) is used for energy?

Back

Combustion

Front

What do decomposers eat?

Back

dead organisms

Front

What type of organism makes its own food?

Back

producer

Front

The process of using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar and oxygen is called _________?

Back

photosynthesis

Front

Living things that eat other living things are called...

Back

Consumers

Front

What is precipitation?

Back

Any form of water that falls from the sky

Front

What is it called when water evaporates through plants' leaves?

Back

transpiration

Front

The process in which nitrogen circulates and is recycled is called

Back

The nitrogen cycle