BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES PRETEST

Which is NOT a process of the water cycle?

• precipitation
• freezing
• transpiration
• evaporation

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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

Nitrogen that is not combined with other elements and found in the atmosphere as gas is _____.

• free nitrogen
• nitrogen compounds
• ammonia
• nitrates

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 nitrogen-fixing bacteria found?

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

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

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

How does carbon in a grass plant get into a lion?

• The lion eats the grass
• Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion. 
• The carbon ends up in the food the lion eats. 
• The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Which of the following absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• Plants

• The ocean

• Sedimentary rocks

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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