Biogeochemical Cycles Warm Up

What is the primary source of carbon in the carbon cycle?

• Oxygen (O2)

• Nitrogen (N2)

• Carbon dioxide (CO2)

• Methane (CH4)

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How does deforestation impact the carbon cycle?

• Deforestation reduces the number of trees that can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, leading to an increase in carbon dioxide levels.

• Deforestation increases the number of trees that can absorb carbon dioxide

• Deforestation leads to a decrease in carbon dioxide levels

• Deforestation has no impact on the carbon cycle

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Explain the process of evaporation in the water cycle.

• Water condenses and turns into clouds

• Water freezes and turns into ice

• Water evaporates from bodies of water and turns into water vapor, which then rises into the atmosphere.

• Water solidifies and turns into rocks

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How does precipitation play a role in the water cycle?

• It has a negative impact on the water cycle

• It helps in the process of water returning to the Earth's surface from the atmosphere.

• It has no role in the water cycle

• It causes the water to evaporate into the atmosphere

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The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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Which cycle are fossil fuels (oil, coal, natural gas) part of?

• carbon

• water

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

Organisms that are needed to convert free nitrogen in the soil into a usable form.

• bacteria
• plants
• animals
• producers

Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle

• The Carbon cycle

• The Nitrogen cycle

• The Phosphorus cycle.

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Check all the ways that carbon dioxide is ADDED to the atmosphere.

• Respiration

• Combustion (burning fossil fuels)

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

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