Matter Cycles

Which of the following materials do decomposers (bacteria and fungi) release into the soil?

• Carbon and Nitrogen

• Oxygen and Carbon

• Nitrogen and Hydrogen

• Phosphorus and Carbon

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What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?

• bacteria

• rain

• fungi

• car exhaust

During photosynthesis, carbon is moved from which reservoir to which reservoir?

• From the atmosphere to the terrestrial biosphere.

• From the troposphere to the terrestrial biosphere.

• From the lithosphere to the terrestrial biosphere.

• From the hydrosphere to the terrestrial biosphere

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The oceans are a large carbon reservoir.

• True

• False

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Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle

• The Carbon cycle

• The Nitrogen cycle

• The Phosphorus cycle

Match the following

• Photosynthesis

• moves carbon from the biosphere to the geosphere

• Respiration

• moves carbon from atmosphere to biosphere

• Decomposition

• moves carbon from biosphere to atmosphere

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What two processes fuel the carbon cycle?

• cellular respiration and transpiration

• transpiration and transport

• photosynthesis and transport

• cellular respiration and photosynthesis

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What geological process returns carbon to the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide?

• respiration

• decomposition of marine sediments

• transpiration

• volcanic activity

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

According to the law of conservation of matter, in any food chain we know that

• the amount of matter increases as the food web progresses from the producers to the consumers.

• matter is created at the start of a food web and destroyed in the end.

• matter is changed into various forms but the total quantity remains unchanged.

• the quantity of matter in producers and consumers is always equal.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A series of chemical reactions.

• Carbon Cycle

• Photosynthesis

• Water Cycle

• Cellular Respiration

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