Earth Systems and Cycles

Which is NOT a process that moves water through the hydrologic cycle?

• precipitation
• freezing
• transpiration
• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and cause global warming.

• Global warming gases
• Respiration

• Greenhouse gases

• Thermal pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Respiration is the process by which ____________ is used and _______________ is produced.

• Carbon, Oxygen
• Oxygen, Carbon dioxide
• H₂O, oxygen

• Carbon, H₂O

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Did you know? This process is responsible for most environmental problems of too much nitrogen and phosphorus entering streams, lakes and oceans.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the hydrosphere?

• Water anywhere on Earth, in any state (solid, liquid, gas)

• Oceans of the Earth (salt water only)

• Rivers, oceans and lakes of the Earth
• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the energy source for the water cycle's evaporation?

• the Sun

• the Earth's geothermal energy

• water itself contains energy

• tidal energy caused by gravitional effect of the Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is condensation?

• When the Sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.

• When the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.

• When clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

___________ is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere at 78%.

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Phosphorus

• Nitrogen

Process by which fossil fuels are burned and CO₂ is released back into the atmosphere.

• Decomposition

• Ammonification

• Combustion

• Photosynthesis