cycles of matter

Open Ended

What are some of the reservoirs (holding places) for carbon?

Try to think of examples from each global system: hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere

Multiple Choice

What is A?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

Match

Match the following

• moves carbon from the biosphere to the geosphere

• moves carbon from atmosphere to biosphere

• moves carbon from biosphere to atmosphere

Decomposition

Photosynthesis

Respiration

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

Labelling

Label the energy pyramid

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producer

secondary consumer

tertiary consumer

primary consumer

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0.1%

1%

10%

Producer

100%

Consumer

Labelling

Complete the diagram using the options below.

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Carbon in the Atmosphere

Cellular Respiration

Combustion

Decomposition

Photosynthesis

Fossil Fuels

Reorder

Reorder the following steps of the water cycle, starting with EVAPORATION

• EVAPORATION

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Ground Water/Lakes/Water on Earth's surface

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Label the Nitrogen Cycle Diagram

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Decomposers

Atmospheric Nitrogen

Nitrites

Plants

Ammonium

Nitrates

Open Ended

What is the energy source that drives the hydrologic cycle?

Open Ended

Describe 2 ways in which humans can have a negative effect on the water cycle.

Drag and Drop

Any change in water quality that can harm living organisms or make the water unfit for human uses such as drinking, irrigation, and recreation is called

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Water pollution

Point sources

Nonpoint sources

Wastewater

Multiple Choice

What are the two main processes that store carbon underground and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

• Biogeochemical processes

• Human activities

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

Multiple Select

This diagram shows the carbon cycle. Which of the following represents what is happening with the arrows labeled C.

• Fossil fuels from the ground provide energy in the form of carbon to the factory.

• Carbon in the form of dioxide is removed from the atmosphere, since plants perform cell respiration.

• Plants and animals die and then decomposers, break down dead organisms adding carbon to the soil.

• Carbon in the form of dioxide is removed from the atmosphere, since plants perform photosynthesis.

Categorize

Options (5)

Photosynthesis

Dissolving into ocean

Combustion of fossil fuels

cellular respiration

Decomposition

Place the following processes in the carbon cycle in their correct category

Removes CO2 from atmosphere

Adds CO2 to atmosphere

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Photosynthesis

Decaying Organisms

Auto/Factory Emissions

Combustion

Plant Respiration

Animal Respiration

Fossils & Fossil Fuels

Organic Carbon

Dead Organisms & Waste Products

Open Ended

Why is photosynthesis and cellular respiration considered a paired process?

Open Ended

How does combustion create more CO2 when carbon cannot be created?

Multiple Choice

Organisms require nitrogen to make which of the following?

• glucose and starch
• lipids and nucleic acids
• proteins and nucleic acids
• carbohydrates and proteins

Multiple Choice

Which of the following most completely describes the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the nitrogen cycle? Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert

• nitrates intro nitrogen gas

• ammonia into proteins

• molecular nitrogen gas into ammonia into nitrites and nitrates

• nitrites into nitrates

Multiple Choice

Imagine a farmer is concerned about the health of his crops and learns about the nitrogen cycle. What is the significance of denitrification in this cycle?

• It helps in the formation of ammonia from nitrogen gas

• It aids in the conversion of ammonia into nitrates

• It releases nitrogen gas back into the atmosphere from nitrates

• It increases the nitrogen content available to plants

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Label the nitrogen cycle processes

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Ammonification

Nitrogen Fixation

Assimilation

Nitrification

Denitrification

Multiple Choice

Why is phosphorus essential to organisms?

• It helps form important molecules like DNA and RNA

• It is a source of energy

• It aids in photosynthesis

• It is a building block of proteins

Multiple Choice

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

• Moves through the food web and returns to the soil during decomposition.

• Phosphorus leaches into groundwater from the soil and is locked in sediments.

• Both mining and agriculture add phosphorus into the environment.

• All of the above.

Multiple Choice

Discuss the role of human activities in altering the phosphorus cycle.

• They have no significant impact

• They decrease the amount of phosphorus in the soil

• They increase the rate of phosphorus cycling

• They can lead to an oversupply of phosphorus in water bodies

Open Ended

Why is nitrogen important to organisms?

Open Ended

How do plants obtain nitrogen if they can’t get it from the air?

Multiple Choice

Predict the environmental impact if a significant amount of phosphorus is washed into a lake.

• Decrease in aquatic plant growth

• Increase in aquatic plant growth leading to eutrophication

• No significant change in the lake's ecosystem

• Immediate toxicity to aquatic animals