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Carbon & Nitrogen Cycle Quiz
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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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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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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

Media Image

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

Media Image

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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