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6B: Biogeochemical Cycles

6B: Biogeochemical Cycles

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Biology

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9th Grade

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Easy

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NGSS
MS-ESS2-4, MS-LS2-3, MS-LS1-6

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Standards-aligned

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Kristina Bowden

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28 Slides • 19 Questions

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What is the process during which water changes from a liquid to a gas as it heats up?

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Condensation

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Runoff

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Precipitation

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Evaporation

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What is the process during which water cools and turns from a gas to a liquid?

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Condensation

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Transpiration

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Precipitation

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Evaporation

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True or False: Evaporation is caused by the sun's heat.

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True

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False

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What step of the water cycle does #2 show? (use this photo!)

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Evaporation

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Condensation

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Groundwater

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Runoff

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What is the process that gets carbon from the atmosphere to plants called?

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photosynthesis

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cellular respiration

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eruption

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dissolved into it

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What is the process that gets carbon from plants to animals called?

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consumption (eating)

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cellular respiration

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melting

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dissolved into it

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Burning fossil fuels has raised the concentration of ___________ in the atmosphere.

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oxygen

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rain

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carbon

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nitrogen

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Combustion is another word for _______________.
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a train
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a bus
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a dog
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burning

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How animals get the nitrogen they need
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from the air they breathe
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from the water they drink
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from the food they eat
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from the Sun

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Organisms that need nitrogen to survive
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only plants
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only animals
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only bacteria
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all living organisms

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Bacteria fix nitrogen on plant roots. Plant roots provide sugar to bacteria. This is an example of
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mutualism
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parasitism
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commensalism
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competition

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How nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants
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only through action of bacteria
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only through lightning
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through action of bacteria & lightning
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through photosynthesis

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How plants get the nitrogen they need
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from the air
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from the soil or water in which they live
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from the Sun
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from broken down rocks

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Which organisms involved in the nitrogen cycle convert nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds in the soil?

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Decomposers

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Nitrifying bacteria

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Denitrifying bacteria

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Nitrogen-fixing bacteria

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Organism that breaks down dead plants & animals and releases nitrogen back into atmosphere
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bacteria
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plants
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animals
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producers

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The picture shows root nodules on a pea plant. Those root nodules are colonized by nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

The relationship between the bacteria and the pea plant is described as mutualistic; what does this mean?

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Both the bacteria and the pea plant benefit from this relationship.

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The pea plant benefits from the relationship, but the bacteria do not.

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The bacteria benefit from the relationship, but the pea plant does not.

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Neither the bacteria nor the pea plant benefits from this relationship.

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How are animals able to absorb phosphorus?

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by eating and drinking

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By absorbing it through soil

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How do plants obtain phosphorus?

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Absorbing it from gas in the air

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Absorbing from the soil

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True/False. Weathering breaks down rocks which allows phosphorus to be moved into soil and water.

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true

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false

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