Cycles In Nature

Question 0

The change of state from liquid to vapor

Answer 0

Evaporation

Question 1

Water that moves from the atmosphere to the land and ocean, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

Answer 1

Precipitation

Question 2

Water stored in underground caves or porous rocks.

Answer 2

Ground water

Question 3

The breakdown of dead materials into carbon dioxide and water.

Answer 3

Decomposition

Question 4

The process of burning fuel

Answer 4

Combustion

Question 5

The gradual regrowth or development of a community of organisms over time

Answer 5

Succession

Question 6

The first organism to grow in an area underground ecological succession; usually lichens in primary succession and fast growing weedy plants in secondary succession.

Answer 6

Pioneer species

Question 7

Water changes from a liquid to a vapor during ___________.

Answer 7

Evaporation

Question 8

The process of burning fuel such as oil, and coal is ____________.

Answer 8

Combustion

Question 9

One of the most common plants in a recently abandoned field is _________.

Answer 9

Crab grass

Question 10

During nitrogen fixation, nitrogen gas is converted into a form that _______ can use.

Answer 10

Plants

Question 11

The pioneer species on bare rock are usually _______.

Answer 11

Lichen

Question 12

Describe the characteristics of a plant that is suited to being a pioneer species.

Answer 12

Grow quickly, makes many seeds

Question 13

Carbon from the non living environment becomes apart of living organisms through __________________.

Answer 13

Photosynthesis

Question 14

The first plants to grow on abandoned farmland word be ________.

Answer 14

Weeds

Question 15

Water moves from the atmosphere to the land and ocean as ________________.

Answer 15

Precipitation

Question 16

Water cycles back to the atmosphere through ______________.

Answer 16

Evaporation

Question 17

When water vapor cools during the process of condensation, it forms a liquid that can fall to the Earth as ________________.

Answer 17

Precipitation

Question 18

Approximately 91% of the Earths ____________ falls on the ocean.

Answer 18

Precipitation

Question 19

Water that seeps into the ground, where it is underground caverns or in porous rock,mic called ______________.

Answer 19

Ground water

Question 20

What steps could be taken to help reduce the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

Answer 20

Reduce combustion

Question 21

The breakdown of dead materials into carbon dioxide and water is called ___________.

Answer 21

Decomposition

Question 22

Carbon dioxide and water are released byproducts of _____________.

Answer 22

Respiration

Question 23

Most animals get the nitrogen they need by ___________________________.

Answer 23

Eating other organisms

Question 24

When fungi and bacteria decompose organic matter, they return _________________ to the environment.

Answer 24

Carbon and nitrogen

Question 25

Secondary succession is typically completed in less time than primary succession because _________ is already present.

Answer 25

Soil

Question 26

Common types of plants found in areas undergoing early stages of secondary succession are ______________.

Answer 26

Grass and weeds

Question 27

What is an example of pioneer species?

Answer 27

Lichen

Question 28

Pioneer species are adapted for growing well in ________________________ habitats.

Answer 28

Newly exposed rocky

Question 29

Define succession.

Answer 29

Gradual development of a community over time

Question 30

Which type of succession would most likely occur after a forest fire!?

Answer 30

Secondary succession

Question 31

Secondary succession occurs when ____________________________________.

Answer 31

A community is destroyed or by a natural disaster.

Question 32

If you told a jar over a lit candle, a dark residue form on the inside of the jar. This residue is _________

Answer 32

Carbon

Question 33

The first years after a farmer stops growing crops , many _________, such as crabgrass grow.

Answer 33

Weeds

Question 34

In the later stages of succession _________________.

Answer 34

There's many organisms

Question 35

In the early stages of succession _____________.

Answer 35

These not a lot of organisms

Question 36

Approximately 78% of The earths atmosphere is nitrogen gas. How do we get this nitrogen from the atmosphere o use for building proteins?

Answer 36

By eating plants and animals

Question 37

The return of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere is an important step in the __________ cycle.

Answer 37

Carbon

Question 38

In the nitrogen cycle, nitrogen moves back and forth between _______________________ and living things.

Answer 38

The atmosphere

Question 39

Which pioneer species is MOST likely to be found on an area of bare rock?

Answer 39

Lichen

Question 40

Describe a plant that is likely to be a pioneer species.

Answer 40

Grows quickly, needs sunlight