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Mrs. Lake's Cycles Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process by which heat becomes trapped in the atmosphere by gas such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitro us oxide, and ozone.

a)

Convection

b)

Radiation

c)

Heat Energy

d)

Greenhouse Effect

2.

The direct transfer of heat energy through space by electromagnetic waves

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

3.

The direct transfer of heat energy from one substance to another as the two substances are touching

a)

Radiation

b)

Convection

c)

Conduction

4.

the transfer of heat energy by the movement of a fluid

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

5.

a continuous process in which water moves from bodies of water, land, and living organisms on Earth's surface to Earth's atmosphere back to Earth's surface

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Condensation

c)

Surface Runoff

d)

Precipitation

6.

molecules of liquid water escape into the air as water vapor

a)

Transpiration

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

7.

the evaporation of water from plants

a)

Transpiration

b)

Condensation

c)

Infiltration

d)

Evaporation

8.

molecules of water in the air become liquid water

a)

Evaporation

b)

Water Cycle

c)

Precipitation

d)

Condensation

9.

water molecules, in any form, fall from clouds and reach Earth's surface

a)

Surface Runoff

b)

Precipitation

c)

Nitrogen Fixation

10.

Precipitation that runs off of land and eventually flows back to the oceans

a)

Surface Runoff

b)

Ground Water

11.

Water that soaks into the soil as precipitation falls on land

a)

Groundwater

b)

Surface Runoff

12.

the process in which nitrogen from the atmosphere is changed into nitrogen compounds that living organisms can use

a)

Nitrogen Fixation

b)

Greenhouse Effect

c)

Water Cycle

13.

What are the 3 ways heat is transferred?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

d)

Precipitation

14.

What stages of the water cycle require heat energy

a)

Evaporation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Condensation

d)

Water

15.

What stages of the water cycle require cooling?

a)

Radiation

b)

Condensation

c)

Runoff

16.

What stages of the water cycle require gravity?

a)

Precipatation

b)

Runoff

c)

Groundwater

d)

Convection

17.

The water cycle is driven by (a)   ?

18.

What element is essential for life but can't be used how it is naturally found?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Carbon

19.

What helps break down nitrogen so that living things can use it?

a)

Plants

b)

Bacteria

20.

What is necessary for life and found in all living things?

a)

Carbon

b)

Nitrogen

21.

What are the three main ways humans impact carbon levels in the atmosphere?

a)

Burning Fossil Fuel

b)

Deforestation

c)

Burning Wood

d)

Radiation

22.

What releases carbon dioxide as a waste product?

a)

Carnivores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Decompose rs