Environmental Science: Biogeochemical Cycles and Earth's spheres

Front

How does N2 get into soil?

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N2 diffuses into the pore spaces between the soil particles.

Front

How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?

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Through photosynthesis

Front

What process could move nitrogen from a golf course using large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer into a local stream? Options: volatilization, nitrogen fixation, runoff, ammonification

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runoff

Front

Biogeochemical cycle

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The movement of matter through all four of the spheres.

Front

Name that cycle: The one that has evaporation in it.

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Water Cycle

Front

Name that cycle: The one needed for the building of cells.

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Nitrogen Cycle

Front

Name that cycle: The one that gives plants their food via photosynthesis.

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Carbon Cycle

Front

The part of the Earth that contains all the rock and minerals is the ___________________. Options: hydosphere, geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere

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geosphere

Front

Plants absorbing nutrients from the soil is an example of an interaction between which Earth systems?

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Biosphere and Geosphere

Front

Which sphere includes all water - salt, fresh, and vapor - on Earth's surface, underground, and in the air?

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hydosphere