Semester 1 Exam Review: Ecology

What step of the water cycle occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor?

• precipitation

• accumulation

• condensation

• evaporation

The sun is the source of energy for the water cycle.

• True

• False

Condensation occurs when water vapor_____________.

• heats up and becomes liquid water

• cools off and becomes liquid water

• freezes and becomes ice

• rains on the land

The process when plants release water vapor from their leaves is called _____________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff

____________________ is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.

• Infiltration

• Percolation

• Deposition

• Condensation

What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?

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

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

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

Combustion is another word for __________.

• Transportation
• Respiration
• Fossil Fuels
• Burning