Nitrogen, Carbon, and Phosphorus Cycle Lesson

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the                       as carbon dioxide.

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Sun
• Air

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How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

• respiration and photosynthesis
•  decomposition and respiration

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In what process is Carbon transformed into chemical energy?

• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Primary Production
• Secondary Production

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oxygen is a gas produced by _ and used by  _ 

• plants and animals 
• photosynthesis and carbon dioxide 
• animals and plants 
• carbon dioxide and photosynthesis

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Carbon can be found in...?

• The atmosphere
• Inside of the Earth
• Fossil fuels
• All of the above!

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How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

• respiration and photosynthesis
•  decomposition and respiration

Nitrogen fixing bacteria, lives in nodules on the root of a plant called

• Broccoli
• Legumes
• Beats
• Carrots

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Which of the following describes the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the nitrogen cycle? Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert

• nitrates intro nitrogen gas
• ammonia into proteins
• nitrogen gas into ammonia
• proteins into nitrates

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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Nitrogen is the most plentiful gas in the atmosphere.

• True
• False