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WorksheetsCycles of Matter
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the THREE states of matter (or water in our current unit)?
a)
Liquid, Steam, Ice
b)
Liquid, Solid,
c)
Gas, Liquid, Solid
d)
Gas, Water, Ice
Infiltration
Infiltration
2.
When water _________, dew forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
3.
What is water vapor?
a)
Water on the land (geosphere)
b)
Water in the air (atmosphere)
c)
Water in plants
d)
Water in the water (hydrosphere)
4.
What process causes clouds to form?
a)
precipitation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
5.
What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?
a)
volcanoes
b)
the sun
c)
lightning
d)
wind
6.
What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
precipitating
d)
runoff
7.
What is the process of water droplets or ice crystals falling from the sky?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
precipitating
d)
runoff
8.
What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
precipitating
d)
runoff
9.
Where does condensation occur in the water cycle?
a)
clouds forming
b)
ocean water changing to water vapor
c)
water flowing down a river
d)
underground water soaking into soil
10.
Which process takes Carbon Dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Respiration
d)
Bioremdiation
11.
Which process converts carbon in the form of sugar into carbon dioxide gas?
a)
Bioremediation
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Respiration
d)
Transpiration
12.
These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming
a)
Global warming gases
b)
Hot House gases
c)
Green House gases
d)
Thermal pollution
13.
In the food web, which organisms release the carbon from dead things back into the environment?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Scavengers
d)
Decomposers
14.
Which of the following is not a decomposer
a)
Vulture
b)
Fungus
c)
Worm
d)
Bacteria
15.
Carbon is....
a)
the least common element in all living things.
b)
found only in the atmosphere and rocks.
c)
the most common element in all living things.
d)
is found mostly in dead things.
16.
Plants get the carbon to make their molecules from?
a)
The carbon dioxide in the air
b)
The combination of oxygen and water
c)
The waste of animals
d)
The ground
17.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
18.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
19.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
20.
What is D?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
21.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of:
a)
Transpiration
b)
Condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Precipitation
22.
What role do producers play in the carbon and oxygen cycles
a)
They cant do anything because its dangerous
b)
Take in carbon dioxide gas from the air during photosynthesis
23.
True or False
Nitrogen is the main gas in our atmosphere.
Nitrogen is the main gas in our atmosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
When bacteria in the soil change free nitrogen into nitrogen containing compounds, it is called
a)
Denitrification
b)
Nitrogen fixation
c)
ammonia
d)
decaying
25.
When organisms decay, the nitrogen in their bodies gets ________
a)
returned to the soil
b)
returned to the ocean
c)
fixed
d)
carbonated
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