7.3 Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles Quiz

Organisms that break down dead plants & animals and release nitrogen back into atmosphere...

• bacteria
• plants
• animals
• producers

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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 cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.

• True
• False

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After plants and animals contain nitrogen, what puts it back into atmosphere and soil?

• decomposition
• precipitation
• condensation
• bacteria

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The process in which Nitrogen circulates and is recycled is called ____________

• The nitrogen cycle
• The water cycle
• The carbon cycle
• Nitrogen Fixation 

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

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air

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Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

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What does not produce carbon dioxide?

• Photosynthesis
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Animal respiration
• Plants decaying

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How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

• respiration and photosynthesis
•  decomposition and respiration

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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