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WorksheetsMatter Cycle Vocabulary Qui
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process by which waste and dead organisms release nitrogen back into the soil to be used again.
a)
Decomposition
b)
Fixation
c)
Denitrification
d)
Sublimation
2.
The process which takes the reactants of CO2 and H2O and turns them into the products of glucose and O2.
a)
Sublimation
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Respiration
d)
Percolation
3.
The process by which water on the surface soaks into the ground.
a)
Infiltration
b)
Subsurface flow
c)
Condensation
d)
Precipitation
4.
A very slow process by which water in the ground moves.
a)
Percolation
b)
Infiltration
c)
Subsurface flow
d)
Tributary flow
5.
The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves (like plants sweating).
a)
Percolation
b)
Infiltration
c)
Condensation
d)
Transpiration
6.
Heat, pressure and time turn dead organisms into energy rich long chain hydrocarbons that can be removed from the ground.
a)
Percolation
b)
Infiltration
c)
Fossil fuel formation
d)
Sublimation
7.
Process by which bacteria in the soil/ocean take usable nitrogen and turn it back in to chemically inactive N2.
a)
Denitrication
b)
Nitrogen fixation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Fertilizer creation
8.
Process by which bacteria in the soil/ocean change N2 from the air into a form that plants can use.
a)
Denitrification
b)
Nitrogen fixation
c)
Diffusion
d)
Subsurface flow
9.
Process by which living things, including plants, put CO2 into the air as waste product.
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Autotrophy
c)
Combustion
d)
Respiration
10.
Process by which gases such as N2, CO2 and O2 are absorbed from the atmosphere into the ocean or released from the ocean back into the atmosphere according to the concentration gradient.
a)
Respiration
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Diffusion
d)
Osmosis
11.
The process where water from rain, snowmelt or from other sources flows across the land.
a)
Subsurface flow
b)
Percolation
c)
Infiltration
d)
Surface runoff
12.
The process where CO2 is freed from rocks and put in the atmosphere through volcanoes.
a)
Fixation
b)
Outgassing
c)
Evaporation
d)
Condensation
13.
The process where long chain hydrocarbons that have long been buried in the earth are burned to release energy and release CO2 and H2O also.
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Respiration
c)
Outgassing
d)
Combustion
14.
The number one reservoir of nitrogen is
a)
The atmosphere
b)
the hydrosphere
c)
The cryosphere (all Earth's frozen parts)
d)
The biosphere
15.
The element that can be fixed (chemically turned from inactive in the atmosphere to active for living things) by lightning is
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Phosphorous
c)
Carbon
d)
Oxygen
16.
The process where ice goes straight to water vapor is called
a)
Condensation
b)
Percolation
c)
Infiltration
d)
Sublimation
17.
Even though Earth is the water planet, only about _% of our water is available as flowing fresh water.
a)
25
b)
10
c)
1
d)
75
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