Biogeochemical Cycles Practice

What process is shown by letter B in the diagram?

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which water vapor is released into the air through the stoma on the leaves of plants is called __________.

• Evaporation
• Transpiration
• Precipitation
• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Combustion is another word for _______________.

• a train
• a bus
• a dog
• burning

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• Water

• Atmosphere

• Surrounding organisms

• Ground

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere? (Check all that apply)

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Death

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What do the water, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, a phosphorus cycles have in common?

• All involve liquid substances falling to the Earth from the atmosphere?

• None of the processes works at low temperature.

• All involve the constant cycling of substances between animals, plants, and the Earth.

• All involve the transfer of substances between the earth and outer space.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following processes returns carbon to the atmosphere? (check all that apply)

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Combustion

How animals get the nitrogen they need

• from the air they breathe
• from the water they drink
• from the food they eat
• from the Sun

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• bacteria
• fungi
• rain
• car exhaust 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The process where excess nutrients (likely nitrogen or phosphorus) enter a body of water causing overgrowth of aquatic plants and algae...

• Eutrophication

• Acid Precipitation

• Nitrogen Fixation

• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5