Climate Change Unit Test Review

1. The process by which water changes into vapor and enters the atmosphere from soil and water on the surface.

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Condensation
• Transpiration

2. Water lost though the leaves of plants is known as _____.

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Condensation
• Transpiration

3. What is released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned?

• Water
• Carbon Dioxide
• Phosphorus
• Nitrous Oxide

5. Neither plants nor animals can obtain nitrogen directly from the atmosphere, they require the process of ______.

• ammonification
• nitrification
• denitrification
• nitrogen fixation

6. Which cycle does not involve the atmosphere?

• Water
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus

7. This cycle is contributing to global climate change.

• Water
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus

8. The majority of the Earth's atmosphere is composed of this gas.

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Phosphorus

9. Rocks are broken down through weathering and release this nutrient.

• Water
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus

10. Forest fires and deforestation are impacts of this cycle.

• Water
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus

11. Lightning make this nutrient usable by combining it with oxygen from the atmosphere.

• Water
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus