Biology 20 final exam review #1

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

Nitrogen that is not combined with other elements and found in the atmosphere as gas is _____.

• free nitrogen
• nitrogen compounds
• ammonia
• nitrates

What are the swellings found on the roots of legumes called?

• noodles
• nodularisms
• nodules
• tubers

Where are denitrifying bacteria found?

• In the soil
• Root nodules
• In dead things
• In the atmosphere

Where are nitrogen-fixing bacteria found?

• In the soil
• Root nodules
• In dead things
• In the atmosphere

Which is NOT a way that nitrogen compounds are added to the soil?

• Decay of dead organisms
• Denitrification
• Animal waste
• Nitrogen-fixation

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

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

What 2 things does a plant make during photosynthesis?

• oxygen, glucose
• glucose, carbon dioxide
• useable energy, glucose
• oxygen, carbon dioxide

What 3 things are made during cellular respiration?

• useable energy, water, glucose
• glucose, water, carbon dioxide
• oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose
• carbon dioxide, water, useable energy

The theory of natural selection was a hypothesis first proposed by

• Gregor Mendel
• James Waston and Francis Crick
• Charles Darwin
• Robert Hooke