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Earth's Cycles and Patterns
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Which of the following is not a way that humans add to carbon amounts in the atmosphere?
burning fossil fuels
cement manufacturing
planting trees
respiration
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Which element makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere?
carbon
nitrogen
helium
oxygen
3
The jet stream is always between what two things
Warm Air and Cold Air
Ocean and Land
East and West Longitude
North and South America
4
State of Water after Evaporation
solid
liquid
fog
gas
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the process that moves carbon between plants, animals, and microbes; minerals in the earth; and the atmosphere
carbon cycle
nitrogen cycle
carbon fiber optics
water cycle
6
All of these are forms of precipitation except:
snow
rain
hail
wind
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the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure
barometer
jet stream
wind
mesosphere
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The superhighway that moves water and air all over the Earth
jet stream
atmosphere
horizon
current
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Extra nitrogen in the soil is put back in the air , during the process of
nitrification
denitrification
ammonification
iwannavacation
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the cycle by which water circulates the earth's spheres by precipitation, evaporation, condensation, and accumulation
nitrogen cycle
carbon cycle
rock cycle
water cycle
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any form of water that falls to Earth's surface
water cycle
hydrosphere
precipitation
aquifer
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Which of the following microbes helps in the nitrogen cycle?
virus
fungi
bacteria
protozoa
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the movement of nitrogen within and between the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere
bi cycle
water cycle
nitrogen cycle
carbon cycle
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the change of state from a gas to a liquid
boiling
condensation
freezing
evaporation
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Air always moves from high to low pressure
False
True
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Term meaning the evaporation of water through the leaves of plants/trees
transpiration
photosynthesis
runoff
condensation
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the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
precipitation
accumulation
evaporation
climate
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a narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere
thunderstorm
tropical cyclone
jet stream
hurricane
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Place of largest water storage on Earth
aquifers
oceans
glaciers and ice
freshwater lakes and rivers
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Another name for the Water Cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
Hydrospheric Cycle
Hydrogen Cycle
Hydracycle
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the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place
climate
lithosphere
pressure
weather
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the effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents
rotational spin
Coriolis effect
wind
jet stream
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the change of state from a liquid to a gas
condensation
freezing
evaporation
sublimation
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patterns of water movement that influence climate zones and weather patterns around the world
horizon B
corialis effect
moisture
current
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Processes of the carbon cycle always take a long time.
False
True