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The Biosphere

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Carbon dioxide is recycled when autotrophs and heterotrophs release it back into the air during what?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Cellular Respiration

c)

Carbon Cycle

d)

Photolysis

2.

Carbon and Oxygen ________________ relatively quickly through living organisms.

a)

recycles

b)

burns

c)

evaporates

d)

disintegrates

3.

How is water cycled through the biosphere?

a)

It is a product of cellular respiration

b)

It is a product of photosynthesis

c)

It is a product of both cellular respiration and photosynthesis

d)

It is not cycled through the biosphere

4.

How is O2 cycled through the biosphere?

a)

It is a product of cellular respiration

b)

It is a product of photosynthesis

c)

It is a product of both cellular respiration and photosynthesis

d)

It is not cycled through the biosphere

5.

How is CO2 cycled through the biosphere?

a)

It is a product of cellular respiration

b)

It is a product of photosynthesis

c)

It is a product of both cellular respiration and photosynthesis

d)

It is not cycled through the biosphere

6.

How is the sun's energy cycled through the biosphere?

a)

Heterotrophs convert it into chemical energy that can be eaten by other organisms.

b)

Autotrophs convert it into chemical energy that can be consumed by other organisms.

c)

Organisms are warmed up by the sun and then release it back into the atmosphere when they sweat.

d)

Plants capture the sun's energy when carrying out cellular respiration.

7.

Biosphere 2 was primarily to see if....

a)

a group of scientists could get along for 2 years in an enclosed space

b)

a group of scientists could create an enclosed environment that could sustain life indefinitely

c)

algae was a good indicator of global warming or climate change

d)

oxygen and carbon dioxide are cycled through the atmosphere

8.

What is the primary source of all energy on Earth?

a)

the sun

b)

cellular respiration

c)

photosynthesis

d)

ATP

9.

What is a biosphere?

a)

The regions of the surface, atmosphere, & hydrosphere of the earth not occupied by living organisms

b)

An environment that is unable to sustain life

c)

An environment that is able to sustain life

d)

The regions of the surface, atmosphere, & hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms

10.

Which process allows the energy from the sun to be used by all living organisms?

a)

cellular respiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

glycolysis

d)

Krebs cycle