Biogeochemical Cycles Quiz

Energy flows through an ecosystem and is dissipated as heat, but chemical elements are _______.

• Lost

• Wasted

• Recycled

• Endangered

The process that changes liquid water to water vapor.

• Precipitation

• Dehydration

• Condensation

• Evaporation

It comes in many forms, like rain, sleet, and snow.

• Precipitation

• Dehydration

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Carbon enters the atmosphere via oxygen.

• True

• False

Carbon dioxide is absorbed and used as energy.

• True

• False

Carbon atoms can also enter the planet's bodies of water, soil reserves, and mineral deposits.

• False

• True

Sulphates are taken up by plants and microbes and are converted into herbal forms.

• False

• True

When the animals die, some of the sulphur is released by _________ while some enter the tissues of microbes.

• Decomposition

• Fermentation

• Decay

• Combination reaction

Sulphur falls on earth with rainfall.

• True

• False

The ways in which an element or compound such as water moves between its various living and nonliving forms and locations in the biosphere.

• Water Cycle

• Sulfur Cycle

• Chemical Cycle

• Biogeochemical Cycle