Cycles of Matter

What is it called when WATER is FORMED from a LIQUID to a WATER VAPOR?

• precipitation

• sublimation

• condensation

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What stage occurs in the water cycle when water vapor cools?

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

• sublimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do you call the process when plants give off water vapor from photosynthesis?

• evaporation

• sublimation

• transpiration

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• methane

• ozone

Greenhouse gases...

• make plants green.

• produce oxygen.

• trap heat from the sun.

• decrease the Earth's temperature.

Which ocean organism will be affected most by high carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• mollusks

• coral

• plankton

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What happens during respiration?

• producers create food energy from solar energy

• consumers use solar energy to create food energy

• living things release energy from food

• carbon dioxide is converted into oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How does increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affect the ocean?

• it increases the acidity of the water

• algae increases

• it increases the amount of oxygen

• animals with shells and skeletons are protected from changes

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Why do organisms need nitrogen?

• to allow us to use oxygen

• to protect the blood supply

• to build muscle tissue

• all of the above

What makes up 78% of the air we breathe?

• oxygen

• free nitrogen

• fixed oxygen

• carbon dioxide