Cycling of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

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

What are the swellings found on the roots of legumes called?

• noodles
• nodularisms
• nodules
• tubers

Where are denitrifying bacteria found?

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

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is NOT a way that nitrogen compounds are added to the soil?

• Decay of dead organisms
• Denitrification
• Animal waste
• Nitrogen-fixation

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

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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Respiration is the process by which ____________ is consumed and _______________ is produced.

• Carbon, Oxygen
• Oxygen, Carbon dioxide
• H20, oxygen
• Carbon, H2O

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming

• Global warming gases
• Hot House gases
• Green House gases
• Thermal pollution

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This process is responsible for most environmental problems of excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering streams, lakes and oceans.

• decomposition
• emissions from automobiles
• agriculture and house hold runoff
• photosynthesis

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