Apes Biogeochemical

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Death

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What is the effect of deforestation on the carbon cycle?

• Increase in the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere

• Decrease in the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere

• Increase in the amount of photosynthesis

• Deforestation has no impact on the carbon cycle

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The largest reservoir of nitrogen is the:

• Oceans

• Rivers

• Rock, Lithosphere, & Land

• Atmosphere

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Nitrogen is added to the atmosphere by:

• Denitrification

• Fixation

• Nitrification

• Ammonification

The movement of a particular chemical through biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem

• chemical dispersion

• biogeochemical cycling

• ecological migration

• biological translocation

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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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​ (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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Nitrogen is removed from the atmosphere by:

• Denitrification

• Fixation

• Nitrification

• Ammonification

Nitrogen can move from abiotic components of a biome, into biotic components of a biome after:

• Reduction

• Nitrification

• Denitrification

• Fixation

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Which of the following best illustrates an abiotic factor affecting a biotic component?

• Composting manure is added to agriculture

• Phosphorous content in soil affecting plant growth

• Plants release oxygen into the atmosphere.

• Plants preventing soil erosion

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