Biogeochemical cycles

The non-living part of the environment

• Nitrogen fixation

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Denitrification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The gas needed by organisms to perform cellular respiration.

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Sulphur

The living part of the environment.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Nitrogen Fixation

• Denitrification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Water enters the atmosphere as vapor from lakes, puddles, oceans, etc.

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water evaporation from the leaves of plants.

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process that converts nitrogen gas in the atmosphere into usable nitrogen compounds?

• Nitrogen Fixation

• Denitrification

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What happens when the cooling water vapor that falls to Earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following cannot be recycled in an ecosystem?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Water

• Energy

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Building proteins and DNA is the reason organisms need what substance?

• Water

• Nitrogen

• Calcium

Photosynthesis and respiration are important processes in which cycle of matter?

• Water

• Carbon

• Energy

• Nitrogen

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3