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WorksheetsMrs. Lake's Cycles Quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
The process by which heat becomes trapped in the atmosphere by gas such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitro us oxide, and ozone.
Convection
Radiation
Heat Energy
Greenhouse Effect
The direct transfer of heat energy through space by electromagnetic waves
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
The direct transfer of heat energy from one substance to another as the two substances are touching
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
the transfer of heat energy by the movement of a fluid
Radiation
Conduction
Convection
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
Water Cycle
Condensation
Surface Runoff
Precipitation
molecules of liquid water escape into the air as water vapor
Transpiration
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
the evaporation of water from plants
Transpiration
Condensation
Infiltration
Evaporation
molecules of water in the air become liquid water
Evaporation
Water Cycle
Precipitation
Condensation
water molecules, in any form, fall from clouds and reach Earth's surface
Surface Runoff
Precipitation
Nitrogen Fixation
Precipitation that runs off of land and eventually flows back to the oceans
Surface Runoff
Ground Water
Water that soaks into the soil as precipitation falls on land
Groundwater
Surface Runoff
the process in which nitrogen from the atmosphere is changed into nitrogen compounds that living organisms can use
Nitrogen Fixation
Greenhouse Effect
Water Cycle
What are the 3 ways heat is transferred?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Precipitation
What stages of the water cycle require heat energy
Evaporation
Transpiration
Condensation
Water
What stages of the water cycle require cooling?
Radiation
Condensation
Runoff
What stages of the water cycle require gravity?
Precipatation
Runoff
Groundwater
Convection
The water cycle is driven by (a) ?
What element is essential for life but can't be used how it is naturally found?
Nitrogen
Carbon
What helps break down nitrogen so that living things can use it?
Plants
Bacteria
What is necessary for life and found in all living things?
Carbon
Nitrogen
What are the three main ways humans impact carbon levels in the atmosphere?
Burning Fossil Fuel
Deforestation
Burning Wood
Radiation
What releases carbon dioxide as a waste product?
Carnivores
Herbivores
Omnivores
Decompose rs
