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Phosphorus Cycle Practice

Authored by Kaitlin Kogut

Science

10th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Phosphorus Cycle Practice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is the original, and primary reservoir of inorganic phosphate (PO43-)in terrestrial ecosystems?

live plants and animals

groundwater

the atmosphere

rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Nitrogen and carbon are cycled on a global scale. Why does phosphorus cycling tend to occur more locally?

it primarily involves the weather of rocks, which are mostly stationary

it only involves land animals that cannot swim across oceans to transport the nutrient

it occurs in areas where cloud formation is low, so it rarely gets trapped in water vapors

all of the answers are correct

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The phosphorus cycle occurs much more quickly than the carbon and nitrogen cycles.

true

false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Phosphorus enters the P cycle as

atmospheric phosphate

diphosphorus

rock phosphate

organic phosphate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Phosphorous is passed from plants to ____ who eat them

plants
animals
scavengers

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which of the following statements is true of the phosphorus cycle?

Phosphorus enters the atmosphere as phosphates.
The phosphorus cycle utilizes the processes of erosion, and weathering.
Phosphates are used in carbohydrate and glucose storage.
The phosphorus cycle utilizes bacteria to breakdown phosphates and make them available for plants.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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