Cycles Carbon Nitrogen Phosphorus

Where is Carbon stored in the environment?

• Fossil Fuels

• Calcium Carbonate (shells and bones)

• Wood of Trees

• All of the above

A golf course is using large amounts of nitrogen fertilizers to keep the grass green. What process could move this nitrogen into a local stream?

• volatillization

• runoff and leaching

• nitrogen fixation

• ammonification

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What converts nitrogen into a useable form for plants and animals?

• bacteria

• rain

• fungi

Which cycle are fossil fuels part of?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Phosphorus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What is the largest reservoir for nitrogen?

• the ocean

• the atmosphere

• rocks and minerals

• bacteria

This is NOT a part of the phosphorus cycle.

• Phosphate is incorporated into sedimentary rocks

• Phosphate bound to soil

• Atmospheric phosphate

• Phosphate is absorbed from the soil by plants

This is released by the weathering of rocks.

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Phosphorus

• Nitrogen

How nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants...

• through action of bacteria only

• through lightning only

• through action of bacteria & lightning

• through photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the carbon cycle, producers take in the gas __

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon monoxide

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Which Cycle involves rocks and does not go into the atmosphere?

• Carbon cycle

• Phosphorus Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3