8B Nutrient Cycles

In the carbon cycle, producers take in the gas __

• carbon dioxide
• oxygen
• nitrogen
• carbon monoxide

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In what process is Carbon transformed into chemical energy?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Primary Production
• Secondary Production

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Using fossil fuels is a safe for the environment. 

• True
• False

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Organisms that need nitrogen to survive

• only plants
• only animals
• only bacteria
• all living organisms

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Plants and animals need nitrogen to make __________.

• Protein
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Nucleic Acids

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How do  animals get nitrogen?

• the atmosphere 
• eating other organisms
• bacteria
• lightning 

Which of the following add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

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

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How nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants

• only through action of bacteria
• only through lightning
• through action of bacteria & lightning
• through photosynthesis

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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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Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

• water
• nutrients
• air
• fossil fuels

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