Chapter 1B - Cycles in Nature

Cycle in which plants turn gas in air into oxygen

• carbon-oxygen cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• water cycle

Water falling from clouds

• evaporation

• respiration

• precipitation

Water turning into water vapor

• evaporation

• transpiration

• precipitation

Cycle in which a gas in the air is fixed into a form that plants can use

• water cycle

• carbon-oxygen cycle

• nitrogen cycle

Water vapor turning into water

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

Plants losing water through their stomata

• condensation

• respiration

• transpiration

Cycle in which water moves through the environment

• Nitrogen cycle

• Water cycle

• Carbon-oxygen cycle

Process of releasing energy from food

• transpiration

• condensation

• respiration

Provides energy form plants to grow

• natural gas

• sunlight

• carbon dioxide

Plants release _____into the atmosphere as a byproduct

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

• oxygen