
Carbon & Nitrogen Cycle Quiz
Authored by Jordan Minor
Science
10th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Why does nitrogen need to be broken down for plants to receive it? Why can't they absorb it from the air like carbon?
Nitrogen is naturally too dense and not easily absorbed
Nitrogen is a thick gas
Carbon is already being absorbed
Animals need to eat the plants
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NGSS.MS-LS2-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
What happens to nitrogen when plants and animals die?
It is released back into the soil
It evaporates into the atmosphere
It turns into carbon dioxide
It turns into water
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
What do bacteria produce after consuming atmospheric nitrogen?
Oxygen
Nitrite
Ammonia
Carbon dioxide
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
What process converts ammonia into a usable source for plants?
Amonification
Nitrification
Denitrification
Nitrogen fixation
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
Organisms that decompose dead plants and animals and release nitrogen into the soil and atmosphere...
decomposers
plants
animals
producers
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
How is the carbon cycle similar to the nitrogen cycle?
Both involve liquid substances
I'm just guessing
Both involve the transfer of substances between animals, plants, and the Earth.
Both involve the transfer of substances between the Earth and outer space.
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
What is happening in 4?
respiration: releasing CO2
breaking down CO2 in the soil
photosynthesis: absorbing CO2
converting atmospheric CO2 into organic molecules
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NGSS.MS-LS2-3
NGSS.MS-LS1-6
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