Nutrient Cycles Assignment

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air

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Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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If a forest is torn down to make room for a newly built neighborhood, how would the Carbon Cycle be affected?

• a reduction in CO2 removal from the atmosphere

• in increase in CO2 removal from the atmosphere

• no changes would occur

• a decrease in cellular respiration due to the decrease in photosyntheis from plants

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Lightning is part of this cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Phosphorus Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Nucleic Acid

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The diagram shows the flow of organic molecules through an ecosystem. What two processes are identified by the labels X and Y?

• X : Respiration
  Y : Predation
• X : Adaptation
  Y : Decomposition
• X : Fermentation
  Y : Nitrogen Fixation
• X : Decomposition
  Y : Respiration

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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

What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?

• bacteria

• rain

• fungi

• car exhaust

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What is the process of combining nitrogen gas with other elements to make nitrogen into usable compounds?

• nitrogen composition

• nitrogen fixation

• ammonia

• denitrification

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What is the formula for atmospheric nitrogen?

• N

• N₂

• NH₃

• NO₃

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