Nutrient Cycles

This is essential to living organisms, it is found in nucleic acid and amino acids.

• Nitrogen
• Carbon
• Water
• Phosphorous

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This is part of nucleic acids, ATP, and helps form animals' bones and teeth.

• Nitrogen
• Carbon
• Water
• Phosphorous

Which of the following is NOT a stage of the nitrogen cycle?

• organisms breathe in nitrogen gas
• organisms release nitrogen compounds via waste or decomposition
• bacteria convert unusable nitrogen to usable nitrogen
• plants absorb nitrogen compounds from the soil

Which of the following is NOT part of the carbon cycle?

• condensation
• photosynthesis
• combustion
• respiration

Which of these is the greatest cause of harmful levels of carbon in the atmosphere?

• respiration
• combustion
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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Which of these is a step in the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle, and the phosphorous cycle?

• condensation
• decomposition
• respiration
• photosynthesis

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Which elements are in fertilizer?

• Nitrogen and Oxygen
• Phosphorous and Hydrogen
• Nitrogen and Phosphorous

What is one way that people add Nitrogen into the environment?

• By littering
• By using fertilizer on farms
• By burning fossil fuels 

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True or False: All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.

• True
• False

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Where does the carbon come from that plants use?

• Animals
• Water
• Air
• Connecticut

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