Biogeochemical Cycles Lesson

The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• exhaling

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Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle

• The Carbon cycle

• The Nitrogen cycle

• The Phosphorus cycle

What are the swellings found on the roots of legumes called?

• noodles

• nodularisms

• nodules

• tubers

What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

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​ (a)   is the conversion of NH4 into nitrite (NO2) & then nitrate (NO3) by ​ (b)   .

• Nitrification

• soil bacteria

• Denitrification

• Assimilation

• plants

• animals

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​ ​ (a)   is when bacteria, microbes, and other decomposers convert waste and dead biomass into NH3 and return it to the ​ (b)   .

• Ammonification

• soils

• Nitrification

• atmosphere

• Assimilation

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This process is responsible for most environmental problems of excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering streams, lakes and oceans.

• decomposition

• emissions from automobiles

• agriculture and house hold runoff

• photosynthesis

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Which of the following is known as the "sedimentary" cycle because its reservoir is sedimentary rock?

• Sulfur cycle

• Nitrogen cycle

• Phosphorus cycle

• Carbon cycle

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Phosphorous is needed in organisms for the production of

• ADP and ATP.

• Cellular membranes.

• Deoxyribonucleic and ribonucleic acids.

• All of the answers are correct

Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle

• The Carbon cycle

• The Nitrogen cycle

• The Phosphorus cycle.

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