Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate

Which is the opposite of condensation?

• runoff
• evaporation
• precipitation
• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

The conditions in an area over a long period of time?

• Climate
• Weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide CO₂
• Methane CH₄
• Water vapor
• Nitrogen N₂

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• Fishing
• Breathing
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Farming

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?

• bacteria

• rain

• fungi

• car exhaust

What is the process of combining nitrogen gas with other elements to make nitrogen into usable compounds?

• nitrogen composition

• nitrogen fixation

• ammonia

• denitrification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Bacteria fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into a form plants can use.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Animal respiration
• Plants decaying

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Combustion is another word for __________.

• Transportation
• Respiration
• Fossil Fuels
• Burning