Which of the following best explains why nitrogen fixation must take place?

Atmospheric nitrogen is unusable to plants and animals

Nitrogen must be returned to the atmosphere

Animals must breathe in nitrogen

Nitrogen gets "stuck" in the soil and must be untrapped

Which of the following best explains how lightning is capable of nitrogen fixation?

The lightning energy blasts nitrogen molecules apart

Lightning hits the soil and activates the nitrogen fixing bacteria

The lightning energy causes free nitrogen atoms to bond

What is the overall purpose of photosynthesis?

To use energy from the sun to produce food for the plant

To use energy from the sun to produce oxygen for animals to breathe

To break down food in order to produce energy (ATP)

To break down food in order to produce carbon dioxide

What is the overall purpose of cellular respiration?

To break down food in order to produce energy (ATP)

To use energy from the sun to produce food for the plant

To use energy from the sun to produce oxygen for animals to breathe

To break down food in order to produce carbon dioxide

Using the image, which of the following is NOT a way carbon returns to the atmosphere?

Cellular Respiration of animals

Which of the following best explains the idea behind "global warming"?

Humans have put too much carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere, trapping solar heat

There is not enough carbon being put back into the atmosphere, trapping solar heat.

Photosynthesis is taking place more than ever, trapping solar heat.

What makes the phosphorus cycle most different from the other nutrient cycles?

It has a long term (inorganic) part and a short term (organic) part

Decomposed plants and animals release phosphorus back into the environment

Phosphorus is naturally in an unusable form and must be "fixed" in order to be used

How have humans affected the phosphorus cycle?

By burning too many fossil fuels

Which of the following is NOT a reason phosphorus is an important nutrient?

Phosphorus is used to make glucose which plants and animals need to perform cellular respiration

There are 3 phosphorus molecules present in every ATP

Phosphorus is an essential component of cell membranes and help create the phospholipid bilayer

All DNA nucleotides are composed of a sugar, a nitrogen base, and a phosphate molecule

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