Matter Cycles & Energy Test

What happens when there is more water than the air can hold?

• The water turns into vapor and rises up.

• The water falls to the ground as precipitation.

• The water evaporates and turns into clouds.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following consumes Carbon?

• Plants

• Animals

• Decomposers

• all living things contain carbon

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Photosynthesizing plants affect the carbon cycle by...

• Creating more carbon atoms

• Reducing the amount of carbon in the soil

• Absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere, lowering atmospheric levels of carbon

• None of the above; plants do not affect the carbon cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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The burning of fossil fuels contributes to the carbon cycle in what way?

• Increases the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

• Increases the amount of O2 in the atmosphere

• Decreases the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

• Decreases the amount of O2 in the atmosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

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Decomposers contribute to the carbon cycle in what way?

• They turn oxygen into CO2.

• They take carbon from living organisms and return it to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

• They turn CO2 into organic, living carbon molecules.

• They create organic carbon and keep it stored in the earth forever.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Nitrogen is part what important molecule(s)?

• DNA

• Proteins

• All of these

• ATP

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Which type of organism performs nitrogen fixation?

• Bacteria

• Viruses

• Humans

• Plants and phytoplankton

Examples of decomposers include:

• humans, dogs, and whales

• trees, tomato plants, and phytoplankton

• viruses

• fungi, worms, and bacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The primary forms of carbon include:

• Living organic matter

• Carbon dioxide

• Fertilizers

• Dead organic matter

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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