Biogeochemical Cycles Review Quiz

Which cycle has both photosynthesis and cellular respiration in it?

• Water cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

• Phosphorus cycle

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Which cycle does not pass through the atmosphere?

• Water cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

• Phosphorus cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which cycle involves transpiration?

• Water cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

• Phosphorus cycle

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Which cycle depends on bacteria found in the soil and on root nodules?

• Water cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

• Phosphorus cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which cycle has combustion of fossil fuels increasing the atmospheric concentration?

• Water cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

• Phosphorus cycle

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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Process in which nitrogen gas from the atmosphere is converted into ammonia by bacteria that live in the soil and on the roots of plants called legumes.

• Nitrogen fixation

• Nitrification

• Denitrification

• Assimilation

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Process in which soil bacteria convert nitrates & nitrites in the soil back into nitrogen gas which is released into the atmosphere.

• Denitrification

• Nitrogen fixation

• Ammonification

• Nitrification

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Process in which decomposers convert dead & decaying matter into ammonia.

• Denitrification

• Nitrogen fixation

• Ammonification

• Nitrification

Process in which bacteria convert ammonia into nitrates.

• Denitrification

• Nitrogen fixation

• Ammonification

• Nitrification

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Process in which sunlight is used to change atmospheric carbon into biomolecules used for energy by living things.

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Decomposition

• Transpiration

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

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