Unit 2 Assessment Review

When humans drive cars, trucks, etc. and they burn fossil fuels, where does the CO2 go?

• Atmosphere

• Earth

• Lithosphere

• Geosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Which biogeochemical cycle does NOT cycle through the atmosphere?

• Oxygen

• Water

• Carbon

• Phosphorus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the first step of the nitrogen cycle?

• Nitrogen assimilation

• Nitrogen fixation

• Denitrification

• Nitrification

Which step of the water cycle involves liquid water changing into water vapor?

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

True or false: Burning fossil fuels decreases the amount of CO2 in the air.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Which of the following processes is NOT a way that carbon enters the atmosphere?

• Fossil fuel burning

• Volcanic eruptions

• Cellular Respiration

• Plant transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is the first step of the carbon cycle?

• Respiration

• Consumption

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

True or false: Nitrogen can be absorbed through the atmosphere

• True

• False

How do organisms obtain carbon or nitrogen?

• Surface water

• The atmosphere

• Consuming other organisms

• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What process takes place in plants that produces the oxygen we need to breathe?

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Assimilation

• Ingestion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6