Biogeochemical Cycles

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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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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Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle
• The Carbon cycle
• The Nitrogen cycle
• The Phosphorus cycle

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Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle
• The Carbon cycle
• The Nitrogen cycle
• The Phosphorus cycle.

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What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

• hydrogen
• oxygen
• helium
• nitrogen

Where are nitrogen-fixing bacteria found?

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

What happens during the process of nitrogen-fixation?

• Nitrogen compounds turn into free nitrogen
• Free nitrogen turns into nitrogen compounds

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What 2 things does a plant make during photosynthesis?

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

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What happens when organisms die and decay? 

• Their nitrogen moves to the air as nitrogen gas
• Their nitrogen returns to the soil as ammonium
• Their nitrogen becomes tapped in clay and is unusable
• They stay on earth forever

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