1. Unit 6 Cycles Section 1 Vocabulary
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2. This unit is divided into these sections:
Vocabulary Power Point
Vocabulary with Video Supports Power Point
Water and Carbon Cycles Power Point
Life in Water Power Point
Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources Power Point
This unit is divided into these sections:

3. Standards addressed in this unit:
SC.912. L.18.12 Discuss the special properties of water that contribute to Earth's suitability as an environment for life: cohesive behavior, ability to moderate temperature.
SC.912. L.18. In.7 Identify that special properties of water, such as the ability to moderate temperature and dissolve substances, help to sustain living things on Earth.
SC.912. L.18.Su.6 Identify the important role of water in sustaining life of plants and animals.
SC.912. L.18. Pa.5 Recognize that plants and animals use water to live.
SC.912. L.17.20 Predict the impact of individuals on environmental systems and examine how human lifestyles affect sustainability.
SC.912. L.17. In.8 Describe ways the lifestyles of individuals and groups can help or hurt the environment.
SC.912. L.17.Su.8 Identify ways individuals can help the environment.
SC.912. L.17. Pa.7 Recognize a way to help the local environment.
SC.912. E.7.1 Analyze the movement of matter and energy through the different biogeochemical cycles, including water and carbon.
SC.912. E.7. In.1 Identify cycles that occur on Earth, such as the water and carbon cycles, and the role energy plays in them.
SC.912. E.7.Su.1 Recognize the phases of the water cycle that occur on Earth and the role energy plays in the water cycle.
SC.912. E.7. Pa.1 Recognize that clouds release rain (part of the water cycle).
SC.912. L.17.2 Explain the general distribution of life in aquatic systems as a function of chemistry, geography, light, depth, salinity, and temperature.
SC.912. L.17. In.1 Recognize that living things in oceans and fresh water are affected by the location, availability of light, depth of the water, and temperature.
SC.912. L.17.11 Evaluate the costs and benefits of renewable and nonrenewable resources, such as water, energy, fossil fuels, wildlife, and forests.
SC.912. L.17. In.7 Identify types of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources and explain the need for conservation.
Standards addressed in this unit:

4. Essential Questions/Big Ideas
Describe the water cycle / The carbon cycle
Understand that all living things need water
Recognize living things that live in the ocean.
Recognize bodies of water
Identify renewable and nonrenewable resources
What are fossil fuels?
Essential Questions/Big Ideas

5. natural resources
a substance or object in the environment required by an organism for normal growth, maintenance, and reproduction

6. water cycle
The continuous process by which water is circulated throughout the earth and the atmosphere through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and the transpiration of plants and animals

7. carbon cycle
A series of naturally occurring processes where carbon is exchanged between organisms and the environment

8. renewable resources
 A resource which can be totally replaced or is always available naturally, or that is practically inexhaustible

9. non renewable resource
resources that will eventually run out

10. carbon
Carbon is one of the most abundant elements and forms organic compounds. It is often regarded as the basis of life on earth due to its chemical properties.

11. atmosphere
refers to the gases surrounding a star or planetary body held in place by gravity

12. evapotranspiration
the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants

13. biosphere
part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

14. microscopic organisms
 tiny life forms, often consisting of a single cell, and very sensitive to change

15. water vapor
is water in its gaseous state- instead of liquid or solid (ice)

16. nutrient cycle
The movement and exchange of organic and inorganic matter back into the production of matter.

17. is the scientific name for the solid parts of a planet
geosphere
 is the scientific name for the solid parts of a planet

18. any form of water, liquid or solid falling from the sky
precipitation
any form of water, liquid or solid falling from the sky

19. hydrosphere
the area of earth that contains the major water bodies such as underground water, oceans, seas, lakes and rivers

20. cloud
a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground

21. runoff
something that drains or flow s off, as rain that flows off fro m the land in streams 

22. condensation
the process of a substance in a gaseous state transforming into a liquid state