"Earth Cycles Project"
Final Assessment:

Part 1

Rock Cycle:

1) How does a metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock?
First Metamorphic Rock cools down which is called crystallization. When weathering (rain, wind) happens, it breaks down sediments. Then erosion moves the sediments by water or wind. Lastly compaction and cementation glue and push sediments into Sedimentary rock.

2) How does magma change into a metamorphic rock?
First Crystallization (cooling) happens. Crystallization cools down the Magma and it becomes Igneous Rock (rocks formed by cooling). Then heat and pressure cause small rocks turn into metamorphic rock because of the high temperature.

Carbon Cycle:


3) How does a consumer become a fossil fuel?
When consumer dies, the decomposers such as worms, fungi and mushrooms breaks down the organism using the process of decomposition. Over the millions of years, the fossil fuels forms because of the left over of the living things from long time ( Fossils).  

4) How can a fossil fuel be used in photosynthesis?
First Fossil fuels such as coal burned by factories. The factories produce CO2 emission. Carbon dioxide goes into the atmosphere. The producers like trees get sunlight and absorb CO2 from the atmosphere to produce oxygen and glucose in the process of photosynthesis.

Water Cycle:

5) How does lake water (liquid) turn into a cloud?
When sun heats up the water, the water goes into the air is called evaporation. The water goes into the air as vapor through the roots of the plant is called transpiration. Evaporation and transpiration change the water into water vapors. They makes clouds and clouds get bigger and bigger (condensation).

6) How can a cloud turn into groundwater?
When clouds get bigger, they cannot no longer hold themselves so its starts to rain. When the precipitation happens, the water runoff into the soil called infiltration. After that the water comes into the underground (groundwater).
Part 2
Essential Questions

1) How are the rock, carbon, water cycles connected to , atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere?

    In atmosphere (gas) connects to all three cycles. For example when volcano erupts the magma, the smoke goes into the air. When factories burn the fossil fuels, it produces CO2 emissions. Carbon dioxide goes into the atmosphere. When precipitation happens, the water runoff into the soil called infiltration. The producers like trees start to grow using sunlight and absorb CO2 from the atmosphere to produce oxygen and glucose in the process of photosynthesis.

    In hydrosphere (water) connects to all three cycles. When weathering (rain, wind) happens, it breaks down sediments. Then erosion moves the sediments by water or wind. When precipitation happens, the plant starts to grow because the root of the plant absorb the water from groundwater. Consumers also take in oxygen from plants.

     In biosphere (living things) connects to all three cycles. When precipitation happens, the water runoff into the soil called infiltration. The producers like trees start to grow using sunlight and absorb CO2 from the atmosphere to produce oxygen and glucose in the process of photosynthesis. Plants are living nature. Consumers are also living nature and they cannot survive without plants. They get oxygen from plants. In rock cycle, when the volcano erupts the magma, the pressure of the heat can make people died and they cannot survive. Therefore plants, animals and humans have a symbiotic relationship. They need each other to survive.
 
      In lithosphere (land or area) connects to all three cycles. When precipitation happens, the plant starts to grow because the root of the plant absorb the water from groundwater. Consumers also take in oxygen from plants. Producers absorb the water from underground during the process of photosynthesis, also when the consumer died and decomposes by the process called decomposition which is breaking down dead organism and the organism turn into fossil fuels after millions of years. The whole process happens underground. When sediments move by erosion and goes underground then the cementation and compaction  glue and push the Sediments sedimentary rock . Then Sedimentary Rock turns into Metamorphic Rock by Heat and Pressure underground.     


 In conclusion  all the spheres play a huge role in all three cycles. All three cycles also depend on each other.




2) How are the three cycles (rock, carbon and water) connected to each other?
Carbon, water and rock cycles are connected to each other. When weathering or precipitation happens, it breaks down sediments. The water form precipitation help plant (producer) to grow. When consumer dies, over the millions of years, the remains of living things becomes fossil fuels. Fossil fuels such as coal burned by factories. Fossil fuel is a sedimentary rock. The factories produce CO2 emission. Carbon dioxide goes into the atmosphere. The producers like trees get sunlight and absorb CO2 from the atmosphere to produce oxygen and glucose in the process of photosynthesis. Consumers also get oxygen from trees. This shows all three cycles work together and continue to help each other.
 

 

 

        *Water Cycle* 


         *Carbon cycle*