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Standard 3A: Cycles: Water and Carbon
Cycles of Matter
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Biology
9th Grade
11/15/2011

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Transpiration
Definition
Water vapor coming off plant leaves
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Condensation
Definition
what happens when water vapor is in clouds
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Evaporation and Transpiration
Definition
Process in which water returns to the atmosphere
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Carbon Dioxide
Definition
Something plants take from the atmosphere that they use to make sugar
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Photosynthesis
Definition
Process in which plants use carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to make sugar
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Respiration and Combustion of fossil fuels
Definition
The way carbon atoms are returned to the atmosphere
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Evaporation
Definition
Process in which the water from Lakes, oceans,and other bodies of water, enter the air.
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Glucose
Definition
Created by Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and being taken in by plants.
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Respiration
Definition
Process in which animals breathe out releasing carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere
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