4D Biogeochemical Cycles

Burning fossil fuel has which effect in the carbon cycle?

• It removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
• It puts carbon dioxide under the ground.
• It adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
• It has no effect in the carbon cycle.

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Which process takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?

• respiration
• combustion
• decomposition
• photosynthesis

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How is Nitrogen removed from the air and put into compound that living things can use?

• plants
• photosynthesis
• chemosynthesis
• nitrogen fixing bacteria

Which of the following add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• volcanoes
• combustion of fossil fuels
• animal and plant respiration
• all of these

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

• evaporation
• condensation
• accumulation
• precipitation

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What is A?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

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What is B?

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff

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Gas that makes up 78% of our atmosphere.

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

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

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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Where is carbon stored in the environment?

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

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