Lesson Check: Cycles of Matter in Ecosystems

Water evaporates from the leaves of a plant and returns to the atmosphere in a process called (a)   .

• transpiration
• respiration

All living things use energy and release gas as a waste product. What cycle explains the circulation of these gases?

• Water cycle

• Oxygen-Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

The (a)   cycle is a continuous circulation between the soil, organisms, and air.

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Which part of the water cycle includes water vapor gas changing to a liquid?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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How do animals get nitrogen that is stored in the soil?

• Animals do not take in the nitrogen stored in the soil.

• Bacteria change the nitrogen into a gas that the animals breathe.

• Plants absorb the nitrogen from the soil and animals can eat the plants.

• The animals can eat the soil and absorb the nitrogen through their digestive system.

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James is observing a lake. He wonders how the water in the lake is included in the water cycle. What is the correct order of the stages of the water cycle, starting with the water in the lake?

• Water vapor cools and condenses on dust particles forming clouds

• Large water droplets fall to the ground from the clouds

• Energy from the sun causes the water in the lake to evaporate

• Water droplets combine in the clouds to form larger droplets

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How can the class explain how animals complete the oxygen-carbon cycle?

• Animals take in the oxygen, but do not release gas as they use energy.

• Animals take in carbon dioxide and use it to make food.

• Animals take in oxygen and release nitrogen as waste.

• Animals take in oxygen and as they use energy, carbon dioxide is released as waste.

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Fill in the blanks using the available answer choices. Rain water that flows over Earth's surface is called (a)   . This water gathers in lakes and rivers. (Blank 1)

• runoff
• groundwater

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Match the correct word with the definition.

​​ (a)   ​ Water that falls from clouds to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow.

​ (b)   A process through which a liquid changes into a gas.

​ (c)   The process through which a gas changes into a liquid.

​ (d)   Excess water that flows over Earth's surface from a storm or flood.

• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation
• runoff

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Match the correct word with the definition.

​ (a)   The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air, changing from liquid into gas into liquid.

​ (b)   The continuous circulation of nitrogen from air to soil to organisms and back to air or soil.

​ (c)   The continuous exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen among living things.

• water cycle
• nitrogen cycle
• oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle

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