Ecological Cycles

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What does not produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Animal respiration
• Plants decaying

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is happening at 1?

• respiration: releasing CO2
• decomposing CO2 in the soil
• photosynthesis: absorbing CO2
• turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What number represents combustion in this diagram?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What number would represent photosynthesis in this
diagram?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• air
• clouds
• vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is the opposite of condensation?

• runoff
• evaporation
• precipitation
• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is is called when water turns into a vapor?

• EVAPORATION
• PRECIPITATION
• TRANSPIRATION

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration