A.7 Water Cycle and Carbon Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
What is precipitation?
A
Water that falls from the atmosphere (rain, snow, ect.)
2
Q
What is decomposition?
A
The break down of dead organisms that contain carbon.
3
Q
What is evaporation?
A
Evaporation is water turning from a liquid to water vapor.
4
Q
What is condensation?
A
Water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water (in the clouds).
5
Q
what does the carbon cycle contain?
A
plant oxygen to animals or people carbon dioxide to plants, animals die and turn to fossil fuel which goes to a factory and turns to carbon dioxide and to the plants.
6
Q
How does the water cycle work?
A
The collection from the trees becomes evaporation, then becomes condensation, and ends with precipitation.
