Carbon And Nitrogen Cycles Vocab Review

plants take in carbon dioxide to make their own food

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Sedimentation

• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

long dead plants and animals turn into ________  which release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when they are burned

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Organisms in the oceans die and carbon compounds in their bodies get deposited as layers in the ocean floor

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Sedimentation

• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Burning fossil fuels resulting to CO2 and other oxidized compounds back into the atmosphere is called __________

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

organisms release carbon dioxide

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Sedimentation

• Decomposition

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7

decomposers break down dead organisms and return the carbon to the soil

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Sedimentation

• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

____________ is the process of decomposers breaking down dead organisms and returning the nitrogen to the soil

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

animals get nitrogen from eating plants and other animals

• Consuming

• Fertilizer Runoff and Algal bloom

• Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria

• Atmospheric Nitrogen (N2)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

live in certain plant roots, can “fix” nitrogen into a usable form

• Consuming

• Fertilizer Runoff and Algal bloom

• Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria

• Atmospheric Nitrogen (N2)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

 the air is made of 78% nitrogen gas, a form which cannot be used by plants or animals

• Consuming

• Fertilizer Runoff and Algal bloom

• Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria

• Atmospheric Nitrogen (N2)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4