Biogeochemical Cycles

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Where are nitrogen-fixing bacteria found?

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Root nodules

Front

What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere? Options: combustion, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, decomposition

Back

photosynthesis

Front

Where is carbon stored in the environment? Options: Fossil fuels, Wood of trees, Calcium carbonate (shells and bones), All of the above

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All of the above

Front

What is this a picture of? Options: Nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, water cycle, plant cycle

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Nitrogen cycle

Front

Which process takes Carbon Dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?

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Photosynthesis

Front

What process could move nitrogen from fertilizer into a local stream?

Back

runoff

Front

When nitrogen gas is turned into a form that plants and animals can use, it is called?

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Nitrogen Fixation

Front

Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by: Burning fossil fuels, Cellular respiration, Decomposing organic matter.

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All answers are correct

Front

During photosynthesis, carbon is moved from _____________ to _____________?

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From the atmosphere to the biosphere.

Front

What process do the oxygen and carbon cycle directly rely on?

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photosynthesis