Biogeochemical Cycles Quiziz

Where is most phosphorus stored on earth?

• plants

• rocks

• oceans

• atmosphere

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Eutrophication is caused by:

• a lack of carbon in the water

• an excess amount of nitrogen and phosphorus in the water

• too much carbon in the atmosphere

• an overpopulation of fish and other aquatic life

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Which biogeochemical cycle includes photosynthesis, respiration, industrial pollutants, and fossil fuels?

• carbon cycle

• water cylce

• nitrogen cycle

• phosphorus cycle

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Which biogeochemical cycle includes these 3 steps? : evaporation, condensation, precipitation.

• the water cycle

• the lunar cycle

• the carbon cycle

• the phosphorus cycle

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Which biogeochemical cycle includes photosynthesis, respiration, industrial pollutants, and fossil fuels?

• carbon cycle

• water cylce

• nitrogen cycle

• phosphorus cycle

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Choose the correct order of events in the nitrogen

cycle.

• nitrogen in air, animals get nitrogen from

  plants, bacteria fix nitrogen, animals die and

  decompose

• nitrogen in air, bacteria fix nitrogen, animals

  get nitrogen from plants, animals die and

  decompose

• animals die and decompose, animals get

  nitrogen from plants, nitrogen in air, bacteria

  fix nitrogen

• bacteria fix nitrogen, nitrogen in air, animals

  get nitrogen, animals die and decompose

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Which biogeochemical cycle does NOT include a

major path in which the substance cycles through the

atmosphere (gas form)?

• water cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• phosphorus cycle

• carbon cycle

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Where would you most likely find nitrogen-fixing

bacteria?

• in blue-green algea

• in the soil or on plant roots

• on dust particles in the atmosphere

• in leaves of trees

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Why is nitrogen an important component for the

human body?

• it is vital for carbohydrates

• it is needed for the transfer of energy

• it helps build RNA, DNA and proteins

• it is used for the production of lipids

Which gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere but

can be used by plants only when transformed by

bacteria first?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

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