Biogeochemical Cycles Test

Which is NOT a process of the water cycle?

• precipitation
• freezing
• transpiration
• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

• hydrogen
• oxygen
• helium
• nitrogen

Why do living things need nitrogen?

• To get energy
• To make amino acids
• To make proteins
• To make proteins AND amino acids

Where are denitrifying bacteria found?

• In the soil
• Root nodules
• In dead things
• In the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Where are nitrogen-fixing bacteria found?

• In the soil

• Root nodules

• In dead things

• In the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What 2 things does a plant make during photosynthesis?

• oxygen, glucose
• glucose, carbon dioxide
• useable energy, glucose
• oxygen, carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What has to happen to the nitrogen from the atmosphere for animals and plants to use it?

• it has to dissolve

• it has to be fixed

• it has to be cleaned up

• nothing has to happen to the nitrogen

Where is phosphorus mostly found?

• water and air

• rocks and water

• rocks and minerals

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1