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| What is a barometer? | weather instrument used to measure air pressure |
| What is an anemometer? | weather instrument used to measure wind speed |
| What is evaporation? | the changing of liquid water to a gas as it returns to the atmosphere from the land and oceans |
| What is precipitation? | the movement of water from the atmosphere to the land and oceans |
| What is condensation? | the formation of clouds from cooling water vapor in the atmosphere |
| What is the main effect of the water cycle on Earth? | water can be used over and over again |
| Fossil fuels—coal, oil, natural gas, etc.—are burned in what cycle? | carbon cycle |
| Producers take what gas from the environment that is a part of the carbon cycle? | carbon dioxide |
| What are decomposers? What is decomposition? | organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down dead organisms and return their carbon to the environment; the breaking down of dead organisms |
| Where do fossil fuels originate? What is their main function? | from buried remains of long-dead organisms; to be burned for energy |
