Matching Pairs The Flow of Matter: FlashcardsOnline version Flashcards for reviewing The Flow of Matter by Ryan Corigliano 1 How does the amount of sriracha on a taco affect how spicy it is? Identify the independent variable. 2 The process of nitrogen being fixed, used by plants and animals, and later returned to the atmosphere. 3 How does the amount of sriracha on a taco affect how spicy it is? Identify what will have no effect on the situation. 4 Matter 5 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 6 Describes the continuous movement of water molecules on, above and below the Earth's surface. 7 How does the amount of sriracha on a taco affect how spicy it is? Identify the controlled variable. 8 How does the amount of sriracha on a taco affect how spicy it is? Identify the dependent variable. 9 An open system 10 Evaporation 11 Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. 12 Condensation 13 The remains of plants of animals. They provide us with a source of nonrenewable energy (oil, coal, or natural gas). 14 Elements needed by living things that are recycled in the ecosystem. 15 Sublimation 16 A closed system 17 Three distinct forms that matter can take in most environments (Solids, liquids, and gases) 18 Nutrients The process of changing a solid into a gas The process of turning a gas into a liquid Carbon, Nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur and (water) Fossil Fuels States of Matter Amount of Sriracha Nitrogen Cycle The process of changing a liquid to a gas Substances used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce. Both matter and energy can flow through The dispenser used to apply the sriracha Carbon Cycle The Law of Conservation of Matter Is constantly recycled through an ecosystem and does not have to leave the ecosystem. Water Cycle How spicy the taco is Size of the taco Only energy can flow through this
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