Lesson 3.3 Cycles of Matter Practice

Read each statement and place a check mark in the column of the cycle(s) it applies to: Matter cycles through living and nonliving components of the ecosystem.

Read each statement and place a check mark in the column of the cycle(s) it applies to: Cannot happen without decomposers like bacteria.

Read each statement and place a check mark in the column of the cycle(s) it applies to: Has stages that occur underground.

Read each statement and place a check mark in the column of the cycle(s) it applies to: Matter takes on different chemical forms as it cycles.

Read each statement and place a check mark in the column of the cycle(s) it applies to: Entire cycle is driven by the sun.

Match the name of the stage to the correct description: When water returns to the atmosphere via plants.

Match the name of the stage to the correct description: A step in the carbon cycle that didn’t really exist before the industrial revolution.

Match the name of the stage to the correct description: When nitrogen gets captured from the atmosphere by bacteria or even lightning.

Match the name of the stage to the correct description: Water is absorbed underground and can be stored in aquifers.

Match the name of the stage to the correct description: Water is not absorbed underground but collects on the surface of the earth.