Ecology Midterm review: Cycles

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Type in ONE word for what you remember about the WATER CYCLE

Multiple Choice

The water cycle has

• a beginning and an end. 
• no beginning an no end. 
• only a beginning. 
• only an end. 

Multiple Choice

In the water cycle, the sun provides

• energy for water to evaporate from oceans, lakes and rivers.
• water for evaporation to happen. 
• energy to produce electricity. 
• water for condensation to happen. 

Multiple Choice

During which stage do clouds form?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation

Multiple Choice

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Multiple Select

Which of the following are types of freshwater that can be used by people?

Select all that are true.

• groundwater

• ice caps and glaciers

• oceans

• rivers

• lakes

Multiple Choice

Why does groundwater usually require less treatment than surface water?

• The layers of atmosphere clean surface water by acid rain

• As groundwater sinks into the ground, the layers of rock act like a natural filter and remove pollutants from the water.

• Surface water does not get polluted

Multiple Choice

The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

Draw

Circle the PRIMARY way carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere

Categorize

Options (4)

photosynthesis

plant respiration

animal respiration

emissions

Match correctly from the diagram

Removes CO2

Produces CO2

Hotspot

Click on the dot that best represents where you would form and find FOSSIL FUELS

Multiple Choice

Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas stove

• planting trees
• burning wood
• driving a car

Draw

Circle the different forms of bacteria that are involved in the Nitrogen Cycle

Labelling

Label the 2 primary ways nitrogen is placed INTO soil

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

bacteria

lightening

Labelling

Correctly place the labels

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

decreasing oxygen = fish die

Fertilizers

Multiple Choice

Organisms that need nitrogen to survive.

• only plants

• only animals

• only bacteria

• all living things

Multiple Choice

What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?

• bacteria

• rain

• fungi

• car exhaust

Hotspot

Correctly click on where Phosphorus originates

Drag and Drop

Phosphorous comes from weathering and erosion , ends up in the soil where ​

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use it to grow. ​

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then eat plants to get phosphorous so they can grow

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

plants

Animals

rocks

Multiple Choice

What is the original, and biggest reservoir of phosphorus on the planet?

• live plants and animals

• groundwater

• the atmosphere

• rocks

Multiple Choice

_____ brings phosphorous into our waterways. .

• water runoff

• transpiration
• condensation