Quiz about 2.1 biogeochemical cycles

Question 1

Identify the energy transfer

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chemical to electrical to light

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electrical to chemical to light

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kinetic to potential

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light to sound

Question 2

Identify the energy transfer

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kinetic to sound

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chemical to electrical

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sound to mechanical

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thermal to sound

Question 3

Identify the energy transfer (photosynthesis)

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light to chemical

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light to electrical

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chemical to thermal

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solar to chemical

Question 4

Identify the energy transfer

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electrical to light

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chemical to kinetic

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solar to electrical

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thermal to light

Question 5

Identify the energy transfer

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chemical to electrical to light

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light to electrical to chemical

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electrical to chemical to light

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chemical to electrical to solar

Question 6

Identify the energy transfer

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electrical to kinetic

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mechanical to light

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chemical to kinetic

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kinetic to thermal

Question 7

Identify the energy transfer

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electrical to thermal

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chemical to light

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thermal to electrical

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chemical to heat

Question 8

Identify the energy transfer

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chemical to electrical to sound

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sound to electrical to chemical

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electrical to sound to chemical

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potential to kinetic to light

Question 9

Identify the energy transfer

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potential to kinetic

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kinetic to mechamical

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light to thermal

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electrical to magnetism

Question 10

Identify the energy transfer

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chemical to light

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chemical to solar

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electrical to thermal

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thermal to kinetiv

Question 11

Identify the energy transfer

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chemical to thermal

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potential to chemical

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electrical to kinetic

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mechanical to sound

Question 12

When you eat food, your body gains ___________ energy.

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chemical

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electrical

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thermal

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light

Question 13

What type of energy can be sensed by the eyes?

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light

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sound

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thermal

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electrical

Question 14

Which of the following involves electrical energy being transferred into heat energy?

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baking bread in the oven

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A heavy box being lifted off a table

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firecrackers exploding in the sky

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a wax candle burning

Question 15

A wind-up toy has a spring that stores energy when it is wound up gently. When the toy is released, chemical energy transfers into ____________ energy.

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kinetic

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electrical

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potential

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light

Question 16

Which type of energy is NOT given off by a fire?

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electrical

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light

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thermal

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sound

Question 17

Identify the energy transfer

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kinetic to sound

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sound to kinetic

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sound to light

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chemical to sound

Question 18

What type of system is this/

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open

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closed

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isolated

Question 19

What type of system is this

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closed

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open

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isolated

Question 20

what type of system is this?

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closed

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open

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isolated

Question 21

what type of system is this

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isolated

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open

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closed

Question 22

what type of system is this

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isolated

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open

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closed

Question 23

the exchange of mass and energy is what type of system?

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open

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closed

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isolated

Question 24

The exchange of energy but not mass is what type of system

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closed

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open

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isolated

Question 25

no exchange in mass or energy is what type of system?

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isolated

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open

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closed

Question 26

what type of system is this?

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isolated

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open

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closed

Question 27

what type of system is this

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open

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closed

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isolated

Question 28

what type of system is this

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open

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closed

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isolated

Question 29

what type of system is this

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closed

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open

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isolated

Question 30

what type of system is this

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closed

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open

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isolated

Question 31

what type of system is this

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open

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closed

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isolated

Question 32

Which is NOT a process of the water cycle?

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freezing

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precipitation

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transpiration

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evaporation

Question 33

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

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transpiration

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condensation

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evaporation

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exhaling

Question 34

Why do living things need nitrogen?

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To make proteins AND amino acids

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To get energy

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To make amino acids

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To make proteins

Question 35

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

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photosynthesis

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combustion

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cellular respiration

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decomposition

Question 36

Where is carbon stored in the environment?

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All of the above

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Fossil fuels

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Wood of trees

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Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)

Question 37

These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming

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Green House gases

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Global warming gases

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Hot House gases

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Thermal pollution

Question 38

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

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runoff

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volatilization

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nitrogen fixation

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ammonification

Question 39

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

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bacteria

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fungi

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rain

Question 40

Which nutrient is not cycled through the atmosphere?

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phosphorous

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carbon

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nitrogen

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water

Question 41

This is released by the weathering of rocks.

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Phosphorus

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Carbon

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Oxygen

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Nitrogen

Question 42

What cycle are fossil fuels part of ?

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carbon

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oxygen

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nitrogen

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phosphorus

Question 43

What is the largest reservoir for water?

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the ocean

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rocks and minerals

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the atmosphere

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glaciers

Question 44

Where is the largest reservoir for the phosphorus cycle?

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rocks and minerals

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the ocean

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the atmopshere

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fossil fuels

Question 45

What is the largest reservoir for nitrogen?

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the atmosphere

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the ocean

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rocks and minerals

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bacteria

Question 46

Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by

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All answers are correct

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Burning fossil fuels

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Cellular respiration

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Decomposing organic matter

Question 47

A person placing their hands near a camp fire.

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Radiation

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Conduction

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Convection

Question 48

Moving water in a pot of boiling water.

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Convection

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Conduction

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Radiation

Question 49

The heat felt when putting a hand near a light bulb.

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Radiation

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Conduction

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Convection

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Eggs cooking in a hot pan.

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Conduction

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Convection

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Radiation

Question 51

The cause of ocean currents.

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Convection

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Conduction

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Radiation

Question 52

The reason why a hot air balloon rises.

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Convection

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Conduction

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Radiation

Question 53

What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?

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adhesion

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cohesion

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capillary action

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surface tension

Question 54

When water and other liquids stick together to form drops or thin films called ________________.

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surface tension

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adhesion

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capillary action

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cohesion

Question 55

Why does ice float?

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As water freezes, it expands and its density decreases.

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As water freezes, it takes up more hydrogen from the atmosphere, causing it to have a greater buoyancy.

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As water freezes, air becomes trapped between the hydrogen bonds of water molecules.

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As water freezes, it takes up more oxygen from the atmosphere, causing it to have a greater buoyancy.

Question 56

The reason the water balloon did NOT pop while held over a flame is water's _________.

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high specific heat capacity.

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Less dense than air.

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Hydrogen bonds between water molecules.

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polarity.

Question 57

Water is a universal solvent because it...

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Dissolves most substances

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It can be found anywhere

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It freezes when it gets cold

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floats when frozen

Question 58

The fact that ice floats on liquid water is due to the fact that water's solid is ___________ than it's liquid form

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less dense

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less polar

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more polar

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more dense

Question 59

A general definition of cohesion is the attraction of:

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particles of the same substance

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particles of a different substance

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particles of both the same and different substances

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particles of neither the same or different substances

Question 60

What property of water allows water to flow against gravity?

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Capillary Action

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Polarity

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Cohesion

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Adhesion

2.1 biogeochemical cycles

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