Biogeochemical Cycles

Where are nitrogen-fixing bacteria found?

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

What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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Where is carbon stored in the environment?

• Fossil fuels
• Wood of trees
• Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)
• All of the above

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What is this a picture of?

• Nitrogen cycle
• carbon cycle
• water cycle
• plant cycle

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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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A particular golf course is using large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer. What process could move this nitrogen into a local stream?

• volatilization
• nitrogen fixation
• runoff
• ammonification

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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 dioxide is added to the atmosphere by

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

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During photosynthesis, carbon is moved from _____________ to _____________?

• From the atmosphere to the biosphere.

• From the soil to the biosphere.

• From the ocean to the biosphere

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What process do the oxygen and carbon cycle directly rely on?

• photosynthesis

• precipitation

• nitrogen fixation

• transpiration

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