Cycles of the Ecosystem

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

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air

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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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In the carbon cycle, producers take in the gas __

• carbon dioxide
• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon monoxide

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What is the role of decomposers in an Ecosystem? 

• They recycle matter and nutrients to form fossil fuels
• They are burn and release as carbon dioxide
• Decomposers are responsible to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide
• They recycle energy back to the sun

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In what process is Carbon transformed into chemical energy?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Primary Production
• Secondary Production

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Organisms that need nitrogen to survive

• only plants
• only animals
• only bacteria
• all living organisms

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

• Combustion
• Photosynthesis
• Decomposition
• Nitrogen Fixation

How do  animals get nitrogen?

• the atmosphere 
• eating other organisms
• bacteria
• lightning 

Building proteins and DNA is the reason organisms need what substance?

• Water
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Calcium

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