Nitrogen Cycle Exit Ticket

How animals get the nitrogen they need

• from the air they breathe
• from the water they drink
• from the food they eat
• from the Sun

Organisms that need nitrogen to survive

• only plants
• only animals
• only bacteria
• all living organisms

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Organisms that play a role in the nitrogen cycle

• only plants
• only animals
• only bacteria
• plants, animals, & bacteria

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Organism that breaks down dead plants & animals and releases nitrogen back into atmosphere

• bacteria
• plants
• animals
• producers

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Gas that makes up almost 80% of Earth's atmosphere

• oxygen
• carbon dioxide
• nitrogen
• hydrogen

What is the nitrogen cycle?

• the process of chemically producing nitrogen to be used by plants and animals

• the process of continually recycling nitrogen from living things to non-living things between Earth and its atmosphere

• the process green plants use to make food

• the process of recycling carbon from living things to non-living things between Earth and its atmosphere

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Which of the following is one of the key components of the nitrogen cycle.

• carnivores

• rain

• the sun

• bacteria

How are people upsetting the nitrogen cycle?

• by building up too much nitrogen in the air

• by creating too much bacteria in the soil

• by riding their bikes

• by breathing in too much nitrogen

Plants and animals need nitrogen to make __________.

• Protein
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Minerals

Can animals and plants directly absorb nitrogen from the atmosphere, is this statement true or false

• False

• True