Unit 1 ES Test

How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere? (leave meaning the carbon from CO2 is used to make another type of carbon molecule)

• Through transpiration
• Through photosynthesis
• Through factory emission
• Sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A particular golf course is using large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer. What process could move this nitrogen into a local stream?

• volatilization

• nitrogen fixation

• runoff

• ammonification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Name that cycle: The one that has evaporation in it.

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Oxygen Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Name that cycle: The one needed for the building of cells. Needed for amino acids and proteins.

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Oxygen Cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Name that cycle: The one that gives plants their food via photosynthesis.

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Water Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Oxygen Cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The part of the Earth that contains all the rock and minerals is the ___________________.

• hydosphere
• geosphere
• biosphere
• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Plants absorbing nutrients from the soil is an example of an interaction between which Earth systems?

• Biosphere and Geosphere
• Biosphere and Atmosphere
• Geosphere and Atmosphere
• Hydrosphere and Geosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which sphere includes all water - salt, fresh, and vapor - on Earth's surface, underground, and in the air?

• hydosphere
• geosphere
• biosphere
• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What process do most producers, including plants and green algae, use to create their own food?

• nitrogen fixation
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• eutrophication

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

This sphere is all living things on Earth.

• atmosphere 
• biosphere
• lithosphere
• anthroposphere