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