Ecology 2- environmental cycles

Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that can be burned for energy;

made from of plants and animals.

• fossil fuels

• combustion

• emissions

• pollutants

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Gases that are released into the air and cause an increase in the overall temperature of the Earth.

• fossil fuels

• emissions

• greenhouse gases

• pollutants

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Evaporation of water from the leaves of plants.

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

• evaporation

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During the nitrogen cycle, ammonia is converted into nitrate.

ammonia --> nitrate

• nitrification

• dentrification

• ammonification

• combustion

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Bacteria converts nitrates into nitrogen gas.

NH2 ---> N2 + H

• nitrification

• ammonification

• denitrification

• photosynthesis

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Any and all of the resources found in nature that are useful to humans.

• Non-renewable resources

• Renewable resources

• Natural resources

• Fossil Fuels

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Preventing the wasteful use of resources.

• Condensation

• Conservation

• Combustion

• Emissions

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How do animals get the nitrogen they need to make proteins and DNA?

• Through photosynthesis

• Through respiration

• Through the food chain (eating things with nitrogen)

• Through decomposition

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The burning of fossil fuels has the greatest and most direct impact on which cycle?

• Rock cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Water cycle

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Where is carbon stored in the largest amounts on Earth?

• Ice caps

• Oceans

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere