Earth's Cycles

How do plants take in water?

• Through their leaves

• Through their roots

• Through their stems

• Through their flowers

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NGSS.5-LS1-1

How do plants give off water?

• Photosynthesis

• Through transpiration in their leaves

• Through the sky and the sea

• Through the dirt

Rivers and streams are an example of:

• Runoff

• Groundwater

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil?

• Watershed

• Surface Run-Off

• Infiltration

• Hydrologic Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process called that involves the circulation of carbon between living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) parts of an ecosystem?

• Photosynthesis

• Ocean surface

• Carbon cycle

• Fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What process do plants use to change water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen using the sun's energy?

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Phytoplankton

• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the process called when living organisms take in sugars and oxygen to produce energy, carbon dioxide, and water?

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Phytoplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What process releases CO2 into the atmosphere when burning substances like wood and fossil fuels?

• Photosynthesis

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Evaporation

What is the process called that breaks down dead matter and wastes into simple compounds?

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Combustion

• Respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following contains huge amounts of carbon, mostly in calcite and limestone, and overlaps the rock cycle?

• Vegetation

• Ocean surface

• Sediments and sedimentary rocks

• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1