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Water Cycle Evaporation
LIQUID to GAS
Evaporates from: oceans, lakes, etc.
Condensation
GAS TO LIQUID
Water vapor rises high into atmosphere – cools down
Cooled vapor then turns back into liquid
Precipitation
LIQUID WATER FALLING BACK TO EARTH
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
Carbon and Oxygen Cycle Process by which carbon and oxygen are
recycled and linked
Carbon Cycle Producers take in CO2
Use carbon to make food
Consumers eat protein – take in carbon containing molecules
Consumers break down molecules to get energy –release CO2
Producers and consumers die – return carbon to soil!
Carbon and Oxygen Oxygen Cycle
Producers release oxygen as a result of photosynthesis
Organisms take in oxygen from air
Human Impact Burning oil – carbon dioxide goes into atmosphere
Clear forests for lumber, fuel, and farmland –carbon dioxide levels rise
Trees removed = fewer trees to produce oxygen
Burning trees or cutting trees to clear a forest
- Which is worse????
Nitrogen Cycle Nitrogen moves from the air - to the soil – into
living things – back again to the air
Nitrogen Fixation Changing free nitrogen into a usable form
Most organisms cannot use until it is “fixed” (combined with other elements)
Return to Environment Decomposers break down complex compounds in animal
wastes and bodies of dead organisms
Decomposition returns simple nitrogen to soil
Eventually bacteria break down nitrogen completely
Bacteria release free nitrogen back into air!
Comic Strip Create a comic strip discussing 1 of the
cycles in this section.
Use 5 panels
First panel and Last panel should be the same. (should be in a circular pattern)
Rubric 10 - Ideas are accurate and complete; illustrations
near and creative
8 - Ideas accurate and complete; illustrations inadequate
6 - Ideas inaccurate or incomplete; illustrations inaccurate