Biogeochemical Cycles

Water "climbs" trees by traveling into the roots, up the vascular tissues, to the leaves. What property of water allows water to travel up the tree?

• high heat capacity

• capillary action

• expands when frozen

• surface tension

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What is the term for when water exits the leaves of a plant and evaporates into the atmosphere?

• Precipitation

• Percolation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

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Which step in the water cycle is the most likely to filter the water?

• Precipitation

• Runoff

• Freezing

• Percolation

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Which step of the water cycle directly leads to cloud formation?

• percolation

• condensation

• precipitation

• groundwater flow

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What element is in all of the biomolecules (carbs, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids)?

• sulfur

• phosphorus

• carbon

• nitrogen

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Groundwater collects in underground layers of sand and rock. These deposits of fresh water are called:

• aquifers

• limestones

• ponds

• swamps

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Water vapor and carbon dioxide are BOTH greenhouse gases because they function to trap heat in the earth's atmosphere.

• True

• False

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Carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) are both used by plants, algae, and cyanobacteria for this process:

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• fermentation

• reproduction

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By what 2 natural processes is carbon dioxide (CO2) returned to the atmosphere? (choose two)

• combustion

• photosynthesis

• mitosis

• cellular respiration

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Which of the following macromolecules contains carbon? Choose ALL that have carbon:

• Nucleic acids (DNA/RNA)

• Lipids (fat, oil, wax)

• Carbohydrates (sugars)

• Proteins (keratin, hemoglobin)

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