APES Test 2

How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?

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

Respiration is the process by which ____________ is consumed and _______________ is produced.

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

Organisms use nitrogen to form

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

When nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use is called 

• Combustion
• Photosynthesis
• Decomposition
• Nitrogen Fixation

Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does not produce carbon dioxide?

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

Runoff from fertilizers and discharge from sewage plants have the greatest impact on which biogeochemical cycle?

• phosphorous
• carbon
• water
• sulfur

Photosynthesis produces sugars from

• carbon dioxide, water, and oxygen
• oxygen, water, and energy
• glucose, oxygen, and energy
• carbon dioxide, water, and energy

Which of the following phases of the hydrologic cycle requires the input of solar energy?

• precipitation
• condensation
• condensation
• evaporation