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Why is recycling nutrients important for all living organisms?
It provides the nutrients that living organisms use to grow and reproduce
It removes waste materials that make the environment look unpleasant
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Water Cycle
precipitation / vapour / evaporates / transpiration / clouds
- Water from lakes, rivers, oceans, and the soil, into water , and rises into the atmosphere.
- Water can also evaporate from plants in a process called .
- As the water vapour accumulates it can condense to form .
- Later, the water will fall as rain, which we call .
- The water will then seep into the soil, flow into rivers or lakes, and be taken up by plants.
- The whole cycle then repeats over and over.
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Which statement about evaporation is correct?
Evaporation is a passive process
Evaporation releases energy
Evaporation requires energy
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What happens to water during condensation?
Water vapour turns into ice
Liquid water turns into ice
Liquid water turns into water vapour
Water vapour turns into liquid water
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Which process in the carbon cycle removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Respiration
Decomposition
Photosynthesis
Combustion
Feeding
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Which three processes in the carbon cycle release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
(Select all that apply)
Feeding
Combustion
Decomposition
Respiration
Photosynthesis
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Which carbon-containing compound do plants produce during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
Proteins
Glucose
Oxygen
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Why is it important that there is carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide is needed for photosynthesis in plants
Carbon dioxide is needed for respiration in animals
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Which organisms decompose dead organic matter?
Viruses
Plants
Fungi
Bacteria
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