Earth's Cycles

The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates back down to Earth's surface

• water cycle

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Physical change in matter from a liquid to a gas (the Sun drives this process in the water cycle).

• accumulation

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• accumulation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Within the carbon cycle, anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases.

• carbon sink

• carbon source

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which cycle is not one of the four major cycles that occur on Earth?

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Energy Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The cycles of matter in Earth's systems are driven by the movement of:

• heat

• rock

• water

• air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A full moon is seen. Think about how long one lunar cycle lasts.

Three weeks later would be a​ ​ (a)   moon.​

• first quarter

• last/third quarter

• full

• new

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A full moon is seen. Think about how long one lunar cycle lasts.

Two weeks later would be a ​ ​ (a)   moon.​

• new

• first quarter

• last/third quarter

• full

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960

• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide

• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Forests are carbon sinks because they remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through ____________.

• combustion

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3