Cycles of Matter

What is it called when WATER is FORMED from an LIQUID to a WATER VAPOR or a [GAS]?

• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation

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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
• sublimation
• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The carbon and oxygen cycle only affects the air/atmosphere.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Greenhouse gases...

• make plants green
• trap heat from the sun
• produce oxygen
• decrease the earth's temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What makes up 78% of the air we breathe?

• oxygen
• free nitrogen
• fixed nitrogen
• carbon

Where is free nitrogen fixed?

• in the nodules on the roots
• in the stems
• in the decomposers
• in cow's intestines

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

• Percolation
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is A?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4