Biogeochemical Cycles

Which is NOT a process of the water cycle?

• precipitation

• freezing

• transpiration

• evaporation

The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming

• Global warming gases
• Hot House gases
• Green House gases
• Thermal pollution

Which of the following is known as the "sedimentary" cycle because its reservoir is sedimentary rock?

• Sulfur cycle
• Nitrogen cycle
• Phosphorus cycle
• Carbon cycle

This is released by the weathering of rocks.

• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Phosphorus
• Nitrogen

Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle
• The Carbon cycle
• The Nitrogen cycle
• The Phosphorus cycle

Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle
• The Carbon cycle
• The Nitrogen cycle
• The Phosphorus cycle.

How do animals get nitrogen?

• the atmosphere 
• eating other organisms
• rainwater
• lightning 

Organisms require nitrogen to make which of the following?

• glucose and starch
• lipids and nucleic acids
• proteins and nucleic acids
• carbohydrates and proteins