Earth's Cycles

What effect does the sun have on surface water?

• It causes it to boil

• It causes it to rain

• It causes it to sink

• It causes it to evaporate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Look at the picture. What process is happening in Z?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• run-off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Look at the picture. What process is happening in W?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• run-off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Look at the picture. What process is happening in Y?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• run-off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

TRUE or FALSE?
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The diagram shows the flow of organic molecules through an ecosystem. What two processes are identified by the labels X and Y?

• X : Respiration
  Y : Predation
• X : Adaptation
  Y : Decomposition
• X : Fermentation
  Y : Nitrogen Fixation
• X : Decomposition
  Y : Respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The circulation of the element Carbon among Earth's atmosphere, land, oceans, and organisms is called _____________.

• the Carbon Cycle

• the Oxygen Cycle

• the Carbon dioxide Cycle

• the Water Cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3