Condensation
How does the amount of sriracha on a taco affect how spicy it is? Identify what will have no effect on the situation.
Three distinct forms that matter can take in most environments (Solids, liquids, and gases)
Matter
The remains of plants of animals. They provide us with a source of nonrenewable energy (oil, coal, or natural gas).
Describes the continuous movement of water molecules on, above and below the Earth's surface.
Sublimation
An open system
How does the amount of sriracha on a taco affect how spicy it is? Identify the independent variable.
Elements needed by living things that are recycled in the ecosystem.
A closed system
The process of nitrogen being fixed, used by plants and animals, and later returned to the atmosphere.
Evaporation
Matter cannot be created nor destroyed.
How does the amount of sriracha on a taco affect how spicy it is? Identify the controlled variable.
How does the amount of sriracha on a taco affect how spicy it is? Identify the dependent variable.
The cycle of carbon in which carbon dioxide is used in photosynthesis to form food and growth substances and is later returned to the environment by respiration, decay, and burning
Nutrients
How spicy the taco is
Size of the taco
The dispenser used to apply the sriracha
Carbon Cycle
Carbon, Nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur and (water)
Both matter and energy can flow through
The Law of Conservation of Matter
Nitrogen Cycle
The process of turning a gas into a liquid
The process of changing a solid into a gas
Is constantly recycled through an ecosystem and does not have to leave the ecosystem.
Fossil Fuels
Water Cycle
Substances used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce.
States of Matter
The process of changing a liquid to a gas
Only energy can flow through this
Amount of Sriracha
