5th grade Chapter 1 vocab quiz

This is the brown smog produced when air pollutants react with sunlight.

• nitrogen fixation

• acid precipitation

• emission

• photochemical smog

This is the precipitation that is more acidic than normal rainwater.

• denitrification

• acid precipitation

• nodule

• runoff

The conversion of nitrogen in the atmosphere to a form that can be used by plants is:

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• nitrogen fixation

• denitrification

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A pollutant released into the atmosphere is a/an

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What is the precipitation that flows over the surface of soil?

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This is the cycling of chemical elements through the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

• denitrification

• fossil fuel

• photosynthesis

• biogeochemical cycle

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Collection is the process by which pollution and runoff is gathered into a body of water. True or False?

• True

• False

This is the process that allows green plants to make sugars from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide and that releases oxygen into the atmosphere.

• nitrogen fixation

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• decomposition

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This is the process in cells by which oxygen and glucose are used to produce energy and carbon dioxide.

• collection

• runoff

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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What is a source of energy formed from dead plants and animals?