Cycles of matter and populations

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

• evaporation
• condensation
• sublimation
• transpiration

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What step of the water cycle is when plants gives off water vapor?

• evaporation

• transpiration

• sublimation

• condensation

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Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all forms of _____.

• Percolation
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation

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Which of the following best explains why nitrogen fixation must take place?

• Atmospheric nitrogen is unusable to plants and animals
• Nitrogen must be returned to the atmosphere
• Animals must breathe in nitrogen
• Nitrogen gets "stuck" in the soil and must be untrapped

What is the overall purpose of photosynthesis?

• To use energy from the sun to produce food for the plant
• To use energy from the sun to produce oxygen for animals to breathe
• To break down food in order to produce energy (ATP)
• To break down food in order to produce carbon dioxide

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What is A?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

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Photosynthesis

• absorbs CO2
• releases CO2

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Organism that breaks down dead plants & animals and releases nitrogen back into atmosphere

• bacteria
• plants
• animals
• producers

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When nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use is called 

• Combustion
• Photosynthesis
• Decomposition
• Nitrogen Fixation

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Which process converts glucose (which includes carbon) into carbon dioxide gas (CO₂)?

• Bioremediation

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular respiration

• Transpiration

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