Carbon Cycle & Water Cycle

• Why is recycling nutrients important for all living organisms?

  It provides the nutrients that living organisms use to grow and reproduce
• Water Cycle 

  1. Water from lakes, rivers, oceans, and the soil, evaporates into water vapour, and rises into the atmosphere.
  2. Water can also evaporate from plants in a process called transpiration.
  3. As the water vapour accumulates it can condense to form clouds.
  4. Later, the water will fall as rain, which we call precipitation.
  5. The water will then seep into the soil, flow into rivers or lakes, and be taken up by plants. 
  6. The whole cycle then repeats over and over. 
• Evaporation requires energy

  • Evaporation is the process of liquid water turning to water vapour. This change in state requires energy. 
• What happens to water during condensation?

  Water vapour turns into liquid water
• Which process in the carbon cycle removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

  Photosynthesis 
• Which three processes in the carbon cycle release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

  Decomposition

  Combustion

  respiration
• Which carbon-containing compound do plants produce during photosynthesis?

  Glucose 
• Why is it important that there is carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

  Carbon dioxide is needed for photosynthesis in plants
• Which organisms decompose dead organic matter?

  Fungi

  Bacteria