Biology Cycles

What step of the water cycle occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor?

• precipitation

• accumulation

• condensation

• evaporation

Which of the following are forms of precipitation? Click ALL that apply.

• Rain

• Snow

• Dew

• Hail

The process when plants release water vapor from their leaves is called _____________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

Check all the boxes that are true.

• Over 70% of Earth is covered in water

• All living things need water to survive

• Most of the water on Earth is freshwater/drinkable

• We are drinking the same water that the dinosaurs drank millions of years ago

Groundwater is _____________________________________.

• water that has a very small amount of salt

   

• a place where freshwater from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean.

•    water that has a lot of salt

•     the freshwater under the earth’s surface

Surface runoff is ______________________________________.

• any type of water that falls from the sky.

• the water from plants that evaporates into the atmosphere

• the water that gathers in large bodies like oceans, seas, and lakes

• rain, melting snow, or other water that flows in streams, rivers, or canals

oxygen is a gas produced by _ and used by  _ 

• plants and animals 
• photosynthesis and carbon dioxide 
• animals and plants 
• carbon dioxide and photosynthesis

Combustion is another word for __________.

• Transportation
• Respiration
• Fossil Fuels
• Burning

Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 

• photosynthesis, air
• carbon, oxygen
• oxygen
• oxygen, carbon dioxide

Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels