Animal Nutrition Review

Maya is learning about how essential elements move through the environment. She observes that nitrogen is taken up by plants, consumed by animals, and eventually returned to the soil and atmosphere. The process in which nitrogen circulates and is recycled is called (a)  

• The nitrogen cycle
• The carbon cycle
• The water cycle
• The phosphorus cycle

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The main way animals obtain nitrogen is from (a)   .

• From the air they breathe
• From the water they drink
• From the food they eat
• From the sun

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In a community garden, Samuel notices that as dead leaves and animal remains break down in the soil, nitrogen is released back into the atmosphere. The process responsible for this release of nitrogen is called (a)   .

• Assimilation
• Fixation
• Ammonification
• Denitrification

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Elijah is curious about why plants and animals can't just take nitrogen directly from the air to grow. Is it true that they cannot use nitrogen directly from the air?

• True

• False

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Enzymes in our bodies are examples of (a)   type of biological molecule.

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Noah is learning about enzymes in his biology class. He reads that an enzyme speeds up a chemical reaction in the cell but can only be used once.  True or False? 

• true

• false

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In the diagram, what does the letter D represent?

• active site

• enzyme

• substrate

• products

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Evelyn is baking cookies and uses a special dough cutter (enzyme) to split a large piece of dough (substrate) into two smaller cookie shapes. In the diagram, the letter E represents (a)   .

• active site
• enzyme
• substrate
• products

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The monomers that make up proteins are called (a)   .

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The element (a)   is found in all of the organic compounds.

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