Water and Carbon Cycles

Front

What is the process called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

Back

Transpiration

Front

What process do organisms use to exhale carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

Back

Cellular Respiration

Front

True or False: All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.

Back

True

Front

What is the circulation of the element Carbon among Earth's atmosphere, land, oceans, and organisms called?

Back

The Carbon Cycle

Front

What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes called?

Back

Runoff

Front

What is the process called when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water?

Back

Condensation

Front

What is the term for the movement of water from the ground to the atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration?

Back

Evapotranspiration

Front

What is the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide and sunlight into glucose and oxygen?

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

What is the term for the water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

Back

Precipitation

Front

What is the term for the process of water changing from a liquid to a gas?

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Evaporation