1. Earth Cycles
JEOPARDY

2. TechnoStars Lab Houston Academy

3. Earth Cycles Categories
Water Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Weather
Lunar Cycle
Life Cycles
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4. By what process does water in lakes and oceans enter the atmosphere?
Water Cycle $100
By what process does water in lakes and oceans enter the atmosphere?

5. Water Cycle $100
Evaporation

6. Which form of energy powers the water cycle and winds?

7. Water Cycle $200
Solar energy

8. Which gas in the atmosphere condenses to form clouds?
Water Cycle $300
Which gas in the atmosphere condenses to form clouds?

9. Water Cycle $300
Water vapor

10. Why is the water cycle important to life on the Earth?

11. Organisms on Earth depend on water for life
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Organisms on Earth depend on water for life
(Without water, life would cease to exist)

12. Why is the formation of clouds an important part of the water cycle?
Water Cycle for $500
Why is the formation of clouds an important part of the water cycle?

13. Clouds produce precipitation, which falls to the Earth’s surface.
Water Cycle for $500
Clouds produce precipitation, which falls to the Earth’s surface.

14. What cycle is pictured below?
Carbon Cycle for $100
What cycle is pictured below?

15. Carbon Cycle for $100
The Carbon Cycle

16. Carbon Cycle for $200
What gas in the atmosphere would increase if a large number of trees were cut down?

17. Carbon Cycle for $200
Carbon dioxide

18. In which part of a green plant does photosynthesis take place?
Carbon Cycle for $300
In which part of a green plant does photosynthesis take place?

19. Carbon Cycle for $300
The leaves

20. Carbon Cycle for $400
Through which process is carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere and oxygen released into the air?

21. Carbon Cycle for $400
Photosynthesis

22. What is the carbon cycle?
Carbon Cycle for $500
What is the carbon cycle?

23. Carbon Cycle for $500
The movement of carbon dioxide and oxygen between organisms and the atmosphere

24. Nitrogen Cycle for $100
What is the main way that nitrogen gas leaves the soil and gets into the atmosphere?

25. Bacteria change nitrogen compounds to nitrogen gas.
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Bacteria change nitrogen compounds to nitrogen gas.

26. What state of matter is nitrogen when it is in the atmosphere?
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What state of matter is nitrogen when it is in the atmosphere?

27. Nitrogen Cycle for $200
A gas

28. Why is the nitrogen cycle important?
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Why is the nitrogen cycle important?

29. All living things need nitrogen
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All living things need nitrogen

30. What is the role of decomposers in the nitrogen cycle?
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What is the role of decomposers in the nitrogen cycle?

31. Decomposers return nitrogen from dead organisms to the soil
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Decomposers return nitrogen from dead organisms to the soil

32. What is the nitrogen cycle?
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What is the nitrogen cycle?

33. The movement of nitrogen between organisms and the atmosphere
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The movement of nitrogen between organisms and the atmosphere

34. Which form of severe weather has the greatest wind speeds?
Weather for $100
Which form of severe weather has the greatest wind speeds?

35. Weather for $100
Tornadoes

36. Weather for $200
The clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere are mainly made up of what substance?

37. Weather for $200
Water

38. What are the four forms of precipitation?
Weather for $300
What are the four forms of precipitation?

39. Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
Weather for $300
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail

40. What type of air mass will most likely form over the Gulf of Mexico?
Weather for $400
What type of air mass will most likely form over the Gulf of Mexico?

41. (A low pressure system)
Weather for $400
A warm, wet air mass
(A low pressure system)

42. What causes the formation of winds on the Earth’s surface?
Weather for $500
What causes the formation of winds on the Earth’s surface?

43. Weather for $500
Winds are caused by the uneven heating of the Earth’s atmosphere due to the sun.

44. What force keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth?
Lunar Cycle for $100
What force keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth?

45. Lunar Cycle for $100
Gravity

46. What causes the moon to appear bright in the night sky?
Lunar Cycle for $200
What causes the moon to appear bright in the night sky?

47. Reflected light from the sun
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Reflected light from the sun

48. About how long is a lunar cycle?
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About how long is a lunar cycle?

49. Lunar Cycle for $300
About days

50. Why can’t we see a new moon clearly?
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Why can’t we see a new moon clearly?

51. It is in the Earth’s shadow.
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It is in the Earth’s shadow.

52. What causes the lunar cycle?
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What causes the lunar cycle?

53. Lunar Cycle for $500
Different amounts of light are reflected by the moon as it orbits the Earth

54. Life Cycles for $100
What is a life cycle?

55. The stages of growth that an organism undergoes during its lifetime
Life Cycles for $100
The stages of growth that an organism undergoes during its lifetime

56. What are the stages of development in a complete metamorphosis?
Life Cycles for $200
What are the stages of development in a complete metamorphosis?

57. Life Cycles for $200
Egg, larva, pupa, adult

58. What are the stages of growth in an incomplete metamorphosis?
Life Cycles for $300
What are the stages of growth in an incomplete metamorphosis?

59. Life Cycles for $300
Egg, nymph, adult

60. How is a dog’s life cycle most like the life cycle of a plant?
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How is a dog’s life cycle most like the life cycle of a plant?

61. Life Cycles for $400
Both life cycles show how an organism grows and develops during its life

62. A life cycle is a type of system. What is a system?
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A life cycle is a type of system. What is a system?

63. A group of parts that work together to perform a common function
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A group of parts that work together to perform a common function