Wildlife Biology Chapter 2 Cycles

The movement of matter through biotic (biosphere) and abiotic (geosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere) environment is called ___

• matter cycling
• biogeochemical cycle
• photosynthesis
• carbon fixation

What is the number one reservoir in the Nitrogen cycle?

• atmosphere
• soil
• biosphere

Organisms use nitrogen to form

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

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Organisms that play a role in the nitrogen cycle

• only plants
• only animals
• only bacteria
• plants, animals, & bacteria

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What cycle is contributing to ocean acidification?

• carbon
• phosphorous
• nitrogen
• sulfur

How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?

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

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Which process takes Carbon Dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?

• Precipitation
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Bioremdiation

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

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

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

• Combustion
• Photosynthesis
• Decomposition
• Nitrogen Fixation

Carbon is recycled mostly through

• transpiration
• photosynthesis and respiration
• condensation
• mountain formation