Biogeochemical Cycles

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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Why do living things need nitrogen?

• To get energy

• To make amino acids

• To make proteins

• To make proteins AND amino acids

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

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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Where is carbon stored in the environment?

• Fossil fuels
• Wood of trees
• Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)
• All of the above

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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

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A particular golf course is using large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer. What process could move this nitrogen into a local stream?

• volatilization
• nitrogen fixation
• runoff
• ammonification

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

• bacteria
• fungi
• rain

Which nutrient is not cycled through the atmosphere?

• carbon
• nitrogen
• phosphorous
• water

What is the largest reservoir for water?

• the ocean

• rocks and minerals

• the atmosphere

• glaciers

Where is the largest reservoir for the phosphorus cycle?

• rocks and minerals

• the ocean

• the atmopshere

• fossil fuels