U1L3 - Lecture Presentation - Cycling of Matter

U1L3
Cycling of Matter

Multiple Choice

What effect does the sun have on surface water?

• it causes it to boil

• it causes it to rain

• it causes it to sink

• it causes it to evaporate

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is a chemical substance that an organism needs to obtain from its environment in order to survive.

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The exchange of matter through the atmosphere is called the ______________ _____

Multiple Choice

As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a process in the water cycle?

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• runoff

Multiple Choice

How does the human body return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

• Waste products

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular respiration

• Formation of glucose

Multiple Choice

Where can you find carbon?

• Only in the Earth's atmosphere

• Inside all water molecules

• Inside the sun

• Inside every living thing on Earth

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the process in which bacteria and lightning convert nitrogen into compounds that are useful to plants?

• ammonification

• denitrification

• nitrate cycling

• nitrogen fixation

Multiple Choice

Plants rely heavily on ____ in the nitrogen cycle to incorporate nitrogen into organic compounds

• bacteria
• viruses
• fungi
• oxygen

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the phosphorus cycle?

• Phosphorus enters the atmosphere as phosphates.
• The phosphorus cycle utilizes the processes of erosion, and weathering.
• Phosphates are used in carbohydrate and glucose storage.
• The phosphorus cycle utilizes bacteria to breakdown phosphates and make them available for plants.

Multiple Choice

Which nutrient is not cycled through the atmosphere and stays only on ground level?

• carbon
• nitrogen
• phosphorus
• water