Nature's Amazing Cycles
What is a cycle??
You may have heard of the word "CYCLE" before, but did you know that there are many CYCLES found in nature and in our everyday lives??? Some cycles last days or even hours, while others take centuries!
Take some time to explore each cycle and complete the science journal pages - Enjoy!
Go deeper - The word "bicycle" has the word "cycle" in it. Why? What does the definition of the word "cycle" have to do with a bicycle? What does the prefix "bi" mean in the word bicycle? How is that different from a tricycle? What does the prefix "tri" mean? How about a unicycle??
- A cycle is a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order. The key is repetition!
You may have heard of the word "CYCLE" before, but did you know that there are many CYCLES found in nature and in our everyday lives??? Some cycles last days or even hours, while others take centuries!
Take some time to explore each cycle and complete the science journal pages - Enjoy!
Go deeper - The word "bicycle" has the word "cycle" in it. Why? What does the definition of the word "cycle" have to do with a bicycle? What does the prefix "bi" mean in the word bicycle? How is that different from a tricycle? What does the prefix "tri" mean? How about a unicycle??
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Cycle definitions can vary, depending on what type of science you're working in. Take a look:
- Technical -
- a recurring series of successive operations or states, as in the working of an internal combustion engine, or in the alternation of an electric current or a wave.
"the familiar four cycles of intake, combustion, ignition, and exhaust"
- a recurring series of successive operations or states, as in the working of an internal combustion engine, or in the alternation of an electric current or a wave.
- Biology -
- a recurring series of events or metabolic processes in the lifetime of a plant or animal.
"the storks' breeding cycle"
- a recurring series of events or metabolic processes in the lifetime of a plant or animal.
- Biochemistry -
- a series of successive metabolic reactions in which one of the products is regenerated and reused.
- Ecology -
- the movement of a simple substance through the soil, rocks, water, atmosphere, and living organisms of the earth.
- Computing -
- a single set of hardware operations, especially that by which memory is accessed and an item is transferred to or from it, to the point at which the memory may be accessed again.
- Physics -
- a cycle per second; one hertz.