Environmental Cycles

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

The cycling of water through each of Earth’s spheres

Question 2

Transpiration

Answer 2

Plants releasing water vapor into the atmosphere

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

Water vapor becoming liquid

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

H2O falling from the atmosphere (rain)

Question 5

Surface Runoff

Answer 5

Water traveling

Question 6

Infiltration

Answer 6

Soil absorbing water

Question 7

Ground water flow

Answer 7

Water that exist beneath the earths surface

Question 8

Aquifer

Answer 8

Something that contains water

Question 9

Evaporation

Answer 9

Liquid turning into a gas

Question 10

Freezing

Answer 10

Liquid turning into a solid

Question 11

Melting

Answer 11

Solid turning into a liquid

Question 12

Sublimation

Answer 12

Solid turning into gas

Question 13

Deposition

Answer 13

Gas turning into solid

Question 14

Percolation

Answer 14

The movement of water through soil

Question 15

Carbon Cycle

Answer 15

Reusing carbon atoms

Question 16

Volcanic Eruptions

Answer 16

Molten rock/Lava forcefully being released from a volcanic vent

Question 17

Photosynthesis

Answer 17

Plants transforming light energy into chemical energy

Question 18

Carbon Sequestration

Answer 18

CO2 is removed from the atmosphere and kept in a solid/liquid form

Question 19

Cellular Respiration

Answer 19

A chemical reaction that breaks into glucose

Question 20

Decomposition

Answer 20

Dead organic matter (plants) being recycled back to the environment

Question 20

Fossilization and Unavailable Carbon

Question 21

Limestone Weathering

Question 22

Combustion of Fossil Fuels

Question 23

Deforestation and Fires

Question 24

Nitrogen Cycle

Question 25

Atmospheric Nitrogen Fixation

Question 26

Assimilation

Question 27

Consumption

Question 28

Ammonification

Question 29

Denitrification

Question 30

Nitrogen Fixation by Bacteria

Question 31

Nitrification