Ecology Review SB5b: Nutrient Cycles

1. 1. What is this a picture of?

• Nitrogen cycle
• carbon cycle
• water cycle
• plant cycle

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2. 2. How is carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere?

• Through transpiration
• Through photosynthesis
• Through factory emissions
• Sunlight

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3. 3. Which process takes carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?

• Precipitation
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Bioremediation

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4. 4. Cellular respiration is the process by which ____________ is consumed and _______________ is produced.

• Carbon, Oxygen
• Oxygen, Carbon dioxide
• H20, oxygen
• Carbon, H2O

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5. 5. The process where nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use is called:

• Combustion
• Photosynthesis
• Decomposition
• Nitrogen Fixation

6. 6. Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by

• Burning fossil fuels 
• Cellular respiration
• Decomposing organic matter
• All answers are correct

7. 7. The nitrogen found in the atmosphere is not in a form that plants or animals can use.  What converts it into a usable form?

• Bacteria
• Photosynthesis
• Decomposition of organisms
• Fungi

8. 8. Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle
• The Carbon cycle
• The Nitrogen cycle
• This is not a correct diagram of any cycle.

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9. 9. What does not produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Animal respiration
• Plants decaying

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10. 10. The process represented by arrow 4 is __

• transpiration
• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation

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