_____________________ is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth. Most ________________ falls as rain.

__________________ is the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water. ________________ is crucial to the water cycle because it is responsible for the formation of clouds.

__________________ is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere. ______________ is essentially evaporation of water from plant leaves.

Water that flows across the land and enters rivers and streams. It eventually flows into lakes and the ocean.

What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?

Organisms that need nitrogen to survive.

How do animals get the nitrogen they need?

What is the process of combining nitrogen gas with other elements to make nitrogen into usable compounds?

Plants and animals cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.

A correct path that nitrogen could take would be _____

What is the term for the process where an excess of nutrients in a body of water leads to a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen?

How do animals get carbon?

This is NOT a part of the phosphorus cycle.

_____ brings phosphorous into our waterways. .

This is released by the weathering of rocks.

Too much phosphorus in waterways (rivers, lakes) can lead to___________.

What is the phosphorus' symbol on the periodic table?

The major sink for phosphorus is

What things add phosphorus to the soil? Check all that apply.