Macro/Properties of Water/Biogeochemical Cycles Review

Which of the following is the step in which water moves through soil and rock to become part of groundwater?

• runoff

• evaporation

• infiltration

• sedimentation

1. What is the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

1. During which process in the nitrogen cycle do certain bacteria convert nitrogen gas (N2) from the atmosphere into a form that plants can use?

• Denitrification

• Nitrogen fixation

• Nitrification

• 1. Ammonification 

What process in the water cycle involves the conversion of water vapor into liquid water droplets?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

•  Precipitation

• 1. Transpiration 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

1. Which human activity significantly contributes to the increase of nitrogen compounds in the environment?

• Eating fast food

• Industrial wastewater discharge

• 1. Burning of fossil fuels

• 1. Planting trees

What is the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the nitrogen cycle?

• 1. Convert nitrate to nitrogen gas

• 2. Convert atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia

• 2. Decompose organic matter

• 2. Release nitrogen into the atmosphere

1. What property of water allows it to absorb large amounts of heat without a significant change in temperature?

• 1. high heat vaporization

• polar structure

• high heat capacity

• strong cohesion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

1. Water’s ability to stick to other water molecules is known as 

• cohesion

• hydrogen bonding

• adhesion

• capillary action

1. Water’s ability to stick to other molecules is known as ___

• cohesion

• hydrogen bonding

• adhesion

• capillary action

1. The unfolding of a protein is known as which one of the following?

• denaturation

• destroying

• renaturation

• restructuring