biogeochemical cycles

What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

• oxygen

• hydrogen

• nitrogen

• helium

Identify the cycle pictured.

• water cycle

• phosphorous cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

Which cycle involves condensation, evaporation, and precipitation?

• nitrogen cycle

• motorcycle

• carbon cycle

• water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where do you only find carbon?

• atmosphere

• ocean

• earths crust

• living things

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which cycle does not include the atmosphere because it is not found as a gas?

• carbon

• phosphorus

• water

• nitrogen

Can humans impact the water cycle?

• yes

• no

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Shells contain calcium carbonate, a mixture of calcium and carbon. As shells break down over time it releases carbon into the atmosphere. this is called

• erosion

• combustion

• ingestion

• respiration

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

How much of the atmosphere is composed of nitrogen gas?

• 21%

• 1%

• 78%

If water is falling from the sky, we call it

• condensation.

• evaporation.

• transpiration.

• precipitation.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which process takes Carbon Dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6