Unit 3 (Biogeochemical Cycle) Test

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What are the swellings found on the roots of legumes called?

• noodles
• nodularisms
• nodules
• tubers

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

• combustion
• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Respiration is the process by which ____________ is consumed and _______________ is produced.

• Carbon, Oxygen
• Oxygen, Carbon dioxide
• H20, oxygen
• Carbon, H2O

This process is responsible for most environmental problems of excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering streams, lakes and oceans.

• decomposition
• emissions from automobiles
• agriculture and house hold runoff
• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following is known as the "sedimentary" cycle because its reservoir is sedimentary rock?

• Sulfur cycle
• Nitrogen cycle
• Phosphorus cycle
• Carbon cycle

Phosphorous is needed in organisms for the production of

• ADP and ATP.
• Cellular membranes.
• Deoxyribonucleic and ribonucleic acids.
• All of the answers are correct

N0_{3 is also known as} 

• ammonia
• nitrite
• nitrogen
• nitrate

This is released by the weathering of rocks.

• Carbon
• Oxygen
• Phosphorus
• Nitrogen

Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle
• The Carbon cycle
• The Nitrogen cycle
• The Phosphorus cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4