Biogeochemical Cycles Quiz

How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?

• Through transpiration
• Through photosynthesis
• Through factory emission
• Sunlight

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Where do animals get nitrogen from?

• soil
• air
• water
• plants

Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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What is evaporation?

• a liquid changing to a gas
• animals breathing out condensation
• water vapor
• precipitation

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Organisms use nitrogen to form

• carbohydrates and lipids
• proteins and lipids
• lipids and nucleic acids
• proteins and nucleic acids

Growing legumes such as alfalfa or soy beans increases

• denitrification
• nitrogen fixation
• ammonification
• ammonium oxidation

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What is the main human source that emits Carbon Dioxide?

• Combustion of fossil fuels (natural gas, coal, and oil)
• Cement Production
• Deforestation

What is water vapor?

• Water on the land (geosphere)
• Water in the air (atmosphere)
• Water in plants
• Water in the water (hydrosphere)

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The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Igneous Rock

Because of Earth's cycles, organisms can use what over and over?

• cell phones
• materials
• plants
• food

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