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Biogeochemical Cycles Quiz

Authored by Monica McClure

Science

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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Biogeochemical Cycles Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the current percentage of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere?

0.04%

0.4%

4%

40%

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

During photosynthesis, what substance do plants use to produce glucose?

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Carbon dioxide

Water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What happens to carbon when animals eat plants and algae?

It is exhaled as carbon dioxide.

It is stored in the animals as part of their body mass.

It is converted into oxygen.

It is released into the atmosphere as methane.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the role of decomposers in the carbon cycle?

They produce oxygen through photosynthesis.

They consume carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

They release carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere during decomposition.

They store carbon in the form of fossil fuels.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How can carbon dioxide from the atmosphere end up in the ocean?

By dissolving into seawater.

Through photosynthesis by marine plants.

By being absorbed by fish and other marine animals.

Through evaporation of ocean water.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is one way that carbon can become fossilized?

Through the process of photosynthesis.

When living organisms die and are broken down by decomposers under certain conditions.

When animals respire and release carbon dioxide.

When plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do humans do that releases carbon into the atmosphere?

They extract and burn fossil fuels.

They participate in the process of photosynthesis.

They increase the absorption of carbon dioxide by oceans.

They convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.

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