Unit 2 Test Review (2nd period)

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

• Combustion
• Photosynthesis
• Decomposition
• Nitrogen Fixation

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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The process where excess nutrients enter a body of water causing overgrowth of aquatic plants and algae...

• Eutrophication
• Acid Precipitation
• Nitrogen Fixation
• Decomposition

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

• Phosphorus enters the atmosphere as phosphates.
• The phosphorus cycle utilizes the processes of erosion, and weathering.
• Phosphates are used in carbohydrate and glucose storage.
• The phosphorus cycle utilizes bacteria to breakdown phosphates and make them available for plants.

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This is released by the weathering of rocks.

• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Phosphorus
• Nitrogen

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A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

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The correct order of ecological organization from the smallest to the largest is _______________.

• organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere, biome
• biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism
• organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
• population, organism, biosphere, community, ecosystem, biome

What does not produce carbon dioxide?

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

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How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

• respiration and photosynthesis
•  decomposition and respiration

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