Matter Cycling

This image shows the _________ cycle.

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Water

During the Carbon Cycle...

• carbon is stored in the soil.

• carbon is stored in plants.

• carbon is stored in the atmosphere.

• all of the above.

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Precipitation is...

• water that changes from a gas to a liquid.

• water that falls from clouds.

• water that changes from a liquid to a gas.

• water that goes up to the atmosphere.

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What is the function of bacteria in the Nitrogen Cycle?

• They prevent nitrogen from harming the plants.

• They remove nitrogen from the soil.

• They remove oxygen from the soil.

• They return nitrogen to the system.

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Which choices on this diagram are adding carbon back to the atmosphere?

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Label the diagram of the carbon cycle

f

g

h

e

d

c

b

a

Atmospheric carbon dioxide

photosynthesis

decomposition

feeding

cellular respiration

fossilization (fossil fuels)

CO₂ dissolved in water

combustion

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How does the carbon cycle support the Law of Conservation of Mass?

• The total amount of carbon decreases, as it moves through the carbon cycle.

• The total amount of carbon does not change as it moves through the carbon cycle.

• The total amount of carbon gradually increases, as it moves through the carbon cycle.

• The total amount of carbon changes depending on where it's located in the carbon cycle.

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Which of the following is NOT true about systems that cycle matter?

• Living things play a role in the cycling of matter.

• Matter is not created as it cycles through the environment.

• Some matter is destroyed as it cycles through the environment.

• Matter is constantly cycling through the environment.

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The Law of Conservation of Mass (Matter)

• Do not use too much mass.

• Matter con not be created or destroyed.

• Energy flows through an ecosystem.

• Matter moves through an ecosystem.

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One of the benefits of photosynthesis is that it creates more _________ for the atmosphere.

• carbon

• nitrogen

• water

• oxygen

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