Cycles in Nature Chapter 2 Section 1-4
Cycles in Nature Chapter 2 Section 1-4
Chapter 2
Section 1
The Cycles of Matter
The Cycles of Matter
1. What is matter?
Anything that takes up space and has mass
Used over and over again
2. How old is the matter in your body?
It has been on Earth since it was formed
billions of years ago
Water Cycle
Movement of water
among oceans,
atmosphere, land,
and living things
Water Cycle
1. Precipitation
Happens when water moves from the
atmosphere to land and oceans
Rain, snow, sleet , and
hail
Water Cycle
2. Evaporation
The sun’s heat causes water to change
from liquid to vapor
Water Cycle
3. Condensation
When water vapor
cools it forms a liquid
that can fall back to
Earth as precipitation
Water Cycle
4. Ground Water
A. Water that is found underground and
stored in caverns or porous rock
B. May stay in the ground for hundreds or
thousands of years
C. Provides water to soil, streams, rivers,
and oceans
Water Cycle
5. Transpiration
A. Plants move water vapor into the
atmosphere
B. Plants do this by releasing water vapor
through tiny openings in their leaves
Water and Life
A. Our body is made up of 70% water
B. Water carries waste away from our
body tissues
C. Water helps regulate body
temperature through perspiration
“sweating” and evaporation
This way of returning water to the
environment is called- transpiration
Bell Work
Draw the water cycle in your science notebook or science binder
Include in your drawing pictures and explanations for the
process
Your drawing should include
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Transpiration
Groundwater
Sun
Tree
Clouds
Bell Work
What process in the water cycle
changes water from a liquid to water
vapor (gas)?
E. When plant or
animals die,
decomposers break
down the remains and
nitrogen recycles back
into the soil
Nitrogen Cycle
How does nitrogen get from the soil
back into the atmosphere?
Denitrification-to take nitrogen out of
the soil and change it to nitrogen gas that
is released into the atmosphere
Denitrifying bacteria produce nitrogen gas
as a waste that is released in the
atmosphere and completes the cycle
Fungi
How is this fungi
important to the
carbon cycle?
Manure (animal waste)
Why is this farmer
spreading manure
on the field?
Explain the
importance of this
procedure in the
nitrogen cycle?
Bell Work
1. Why do we need nitrogen?