Ecosystem Unit Test

According to the __________, there is a fixed amount of nitrogen on Earth.

• Baacteria

• Plants

• Fungi

• Law of Conservation of Mass

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Nitrogen that exists in the air is fixed by _____ in root nodules.

• Law of conservation of mass

• bacteria

• plants

• fungi

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

______ then use the nitrogen to make proteins and other complex compounds.

• law of conservation of mass

• bacteria

• plants

• fungi

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

When organisms die, the nitrogen is broken down by _____ and returned to the air by bacteria.

• law of conservation of mass

• bacteria

• plants

• fungi

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Jim is a long distance runner. After one of his workouts, drenched in sweat, he headed back to his house to eat lunch. After lunch he noticed that he was completely dry, Which if the following terms explains the part of the water cycle that Jim experienced between the end of his run and after lunch?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• decompesition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Baruch is interested in the carbon cycle. He learns that carbon enters the forest from the atmosphere by the sugar making process of_______.

• fixation

• components

• evaporation

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What could both add and remove carbon from the atmosphere?

• car

• deer

• insect

• tree

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Limiting factors cause the size of populations to ______ or to ______.

• stop decreasing, increase

• stay the same, decrease

• stop increasing, decrease

• increase, decrease

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Reorder the following

• population

• community

• organism

• ecosystem

Groundhogs inhabiting a meadow environment drink water and rely on plants, including clover, for food. Which of the following terms describe both water and the clover that the groundhogs consume? Choose all that apply.

• limiting factors

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• ecosystem