Biogeochemical Cycles

The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?

• cold, rainy
• cold, sunny
• warm, rainy
• warm, sunny

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process of water droplets or ice crystals falling from the sky?

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

If the process of evaporation was unable to occur on Earth, what would we expect to happen?

• An increase in ocean levels and an increase in precipitation
• An increase in ocean levels and an decrease in precipitation
• An decrease in ocean levels and an increase in precipitation
• An decrease in ocean levels and an decrease in precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which is a true statement?

• Humans depend on oxygen, plants depend on carbon dioxide

• Plants produce carbon dioxide

• Humans depend on carbon dioxide, plants depend on oxygen

• Humans don't depend on plants for the air they need

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the _______ as carbon dioxide

• water
• atmosphere
• sun
• air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

How are the burning of fossil fuels and volcanic eruptions similar with respect to their effects on the carbon cycle

• both remove carbon from the atmosphere
• both aff carbon to the atmosphere
• both add carbon to the lithosphere
• both remove carbon from the lithosphere

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