Biogeochemical Cycles

Which is NOT a process of the water cycle?

• precipitation
• freezing
• transpiration
• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What happens during the process of nitrogen-fixation?

• Nitrogen compounds in the soil turn into free nitrogen in the atmosphere

• Free nitrogen in the atmosphere turns into nitrogen compounds in the soil

What happens during the process of denitrification?

• Nitrogen compounds in the soil turn into free nitrogen in the atmosphere

• Free nitrogen in the atmosphere turns into nitrogen compounds in the soil

Where is carbon stored in the environment?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What 2 things does a plant make during photosynthesis?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What 3 things are made during cellular respiration?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which describes the relationship between plants and animals in the carbon cycle?

• Plants produce and release oxygen that animals need

• Plants produce and release carbon dioxide that animals need

• Animals produce and release oxygen that plants need

• Animals produce oxygen that plants turn into carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If the process of evaporation was unable to occur on Earth, what would we expect to happen?

• An increase in ocean levels and an increase in precipitation
• An increase in ocean levels and an decrease in precipitation
• An decrease in ocean levels and an increase in precipitation
• An decrease in ocean levels and an decrease in precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4