Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus

Where is Carbon stored in the environment?

• Fossil Fuels

• Calcium Carbonate (shells and bones)

• Wood of Trees

• All of the above

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A golf course is using large amounts of nitrogen fertilizers to keep the grass green. What process could move this nitrogen into a local stream?

• volatillization

• runoff and leaching

• nitrogen fixation

• ammonification

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What converts nitrogen into a useable form for plants and animals?

• bacteria

• rain

• fungi

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Which cycle are fossil fuels part of?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Phosphorus

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What is the largest reservoir for nitrogen?

• the ocean

• the atmosphere

• rocks and minerals

• bacteria

Carbon Dioxide is added to the atmosphere by:

• Burning fossil fuels

• Decomposing organic matter

• Cellular Respiration

• All answers are correct

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

• combustion

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• decomposition

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This is NOT a part of the phosphorus cycle.

• Phosphate is incorporated into sedimentary rocks

• Phosphate bound to soil

• Atmospheric phosphate

• Phosphate is absorbed from the soil by plants

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This is released by the weathering of rocks.

• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Phosphorus
• Nitrogen

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How nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants...

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