Fast & Curious: Investigation 12 Vocabulary

What is the average time a molecule or element spends in a specific reservoir within a biogeochemical cycle called?

• Water Cycle

• Residence Time

• Carbon Cycle

• Rock Cycle

Which cycle involves the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-atmosphere system?

• Carbon Cycle

• Rock Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Feedback Cycle

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Which cycle involves the continuous circulation of carbon through the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere?

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Rock Cycle

• Feedback Cycle

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What is the process called when an affected system responds to and applies a change back on another system?

• Reinforcing Feedback

• Counterbalancing Feedback

• Feedback

• Residence Time

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What type of feedback amplifies a change and is also called "positive" feedback?

• Counterbalancing Feedback

• Reinforcing Feedback

• Residence Time

• Water Cycle

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What is the term for the moment when an old equilibrium of a system cannot be restored by the usual feedback mechanisms?

• Negative Feedback

• Tipping Point

• Energy Budget

• Greenhouse Effect

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Which process describes the cycle of energy absorbed by Earth's surface being reradiated upward as infrared energy some of which is absorbed by gases in the atmosphere and then reradiated back toward the surface?

• Evapotranspiration

• Precipitation

• Greenhouse Effect

• Energy Budget

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What is the combination of evaporation from bodies of water and transpiration from the leaves of plants called?

• Precipitation

• Evapotranspiration

• Relative Humidity

• Energy Budget

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for the product of condensation of water vapor that falls toward Earth's surface due to gravity?

• Evapotranspiration

• Precipitation

• Relative Humidity

• Greenhouse Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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What measures the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount the air can hold at a given temperature?

• Energy Budget

• Tipping Point

• Relative Humidity

• Greenhouse Effect