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Why is recycling nutrients important for all living organisms?

It removes waste materials that make the environment look unpleasant

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

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Water Cycle 


precipitation / vapour / evaporates / transpiration / clouds


  1. Water from lakes, rivers, oceans, and the soil, into water , and rises into the atmosphere.
  2. Water can also evaporate from plants in a process called .
  3. As the water vapour accumulates it can condense to form .
  4. Later, the water will fall as rain, which we call .
  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. 
evaporates
vapour
transpiration
clouds
precipitation

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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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Illustration showing the process of water condensation with a water droplet, a cloud, and an ice cube.

What happens to water during condensation?

Water vapour turns into liquid water

Liquid water turns into water vapour

Water vapour turns into ice

Liquid water turns into ice

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Which process in the carbon cycle removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

Photosynthesis 

Decomposition 

Respiration 

Feeding 

Combustion

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

(Select all that apply)

Decomposition

Combustion

Photosynthesis 

Respiration 

Feeding 

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Which carbon-containing compound do plants produce during photosynthesis?

Glucose 

Oxygen

Carbon dioxide 

Proteins 

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Illustration of carbon dioxide molecules showing carbon and oxygen atoms.

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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Illustration showing organisms that decompose dead organic matter including a bacterium, fungi, plant, and a cow.

Which organisms decompose dead organic matter?

Plants 

Viruses 

Fungi

Bacteria

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