Biogeochemical

Which is NOT a process of the water cycle?

• precipitation
• freezing
• transpiration
• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Where is carbon stored in the environment?

• Fossil fuels
• Wood of trees
• Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the largest reservoir for water?

• the ocean

• rocks and minerals

• the atmosphere

• glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the largest reservoir for nitrogen?

• the ocean

• rocks and minerals

• the atmosphere

• bacteria

Where is the largest reservoir for the phosphorus cycle?

• rocks and minerals

• the ocean

• the atmopshere

• fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• bacteria
• fungi
• rain

Phosphorus is released from rock through ________

• decomposition

• evaporation

• weathering

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Nitrogen fixation is the process in which certain bacteria convert nitrogen gas into

• liquid nitrogen

• nitrates

• nitrites

• ammonia

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3