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Biogeochemical cycles

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
transpiration
d)
exhaling
2.
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
a)
hydrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
helium
d)
nitrogen
3.

Nitrogen that is not combined with other elements and found in the atmosphere as gas is _____.

a)

free nitrogen (N2)

b)

nitrogen compounds

c)

ammonia

d)

nitrates (NO3-)

4.

Why do living things need nitrogen?

a)

To get energy

b)

To make carbohydrates

c)

To make nucleic acids

d)

To make proteins AND amino acids

5.
What are the swellings found on the roots of legumes called?
a)
noodles
b)
nodularisms
c)
nodules
d)
tubers
6.
What is this a picture of?
a)
Nitrogen cycle
b)
carbon cycle
c)
water cycle
d)
plant cycle
7.

What process in plants takes in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

transpiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

factory emission

d)

Sunlight

8.
Which process takes Carbon Dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Respiration
d)
Bioremdiation
9.

Which of the following describes the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the nitrogen cycle? Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert

a)

nitrates intro nitrogen gas

b)

ammonia into proteins

c)

nitrogen gas into nitrates (NO3-)

d)

proteins into nitrates

10.

When nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use, this is called

a)

Combustion

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Decomposition

d)

Nitrogen Fixation

11.
What happens when organisms die and decay? 
a)
Their nitrogen moves to the air as nitrogen gas
b)
Their nitrogen returns to the soil as ammonium
c)
Their nitrogen becomes tapped in clay and is unusable
d)
They stay on earth forever
12.

Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by

a)

Burning fossil fuels

b)

Cellular respiration

c)

An erupting Volcano

d)

All answers are correct

13.

In the Phosphorus cycle, how are plants getting the phosphorus they need.

a)

By taking as the gas P2 from the atmosphere

b)

From weathered rocks

c)

From hawks eating fish

d)

From the uplift of rocks

14.

From the diagram of the nitrogen cycle shown. What are 2 ways that nitrogen can be fixed for plants to use?

a)

By bacteria and deer

b)

By lightning in the atmosphere and deer

c)

By lightning in the atmosphere and bacteria in nodules of legumes

d)

By rain and big "turdy" point bucks

15.

During the water cycle, what is the term that is used for water moving over the surface of the land?

a)

Infiltration

b)

Percolation

c)

Transpiration

d)

evaporation

e)

Run off

16.

Using the picture provided, what is the name of bacteria that release nitrogen back into the atmosphere as a gas? (Hint -They wear black hats)

a)

Black bacteria

b)

nitrifying bacteria

c)

denitrifying bacteria

d)

Nitrification bacteria

17.

During the water cycle, water moves from gases in the air to small droplets of water in clouds by the process of...

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

percolation

18.

Phosphorus can also be found in aquatic biogeochemical cycles?

a)

True

b)

False

19.

During the Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen cycle, what organisms release CO2 back into the atmosphere.

a)

Goats, cats, dogs and plants

b)

Plants only

c)

Goats only

d)

cats and dogs only

20.

What is the most common way a farmer would acquire phosphate to put on his fields as a fertilizer.

a)

Deer manure

b)

dog manure

c)

Mining

d)

Water

21.

During the Carbon/Oxygen cycle, what organism takes in Oxygen.

a)

A mountain lion

b)

A tree

c)

grass

d)

a shrub

22.
N03 is also known as 
a)
ammonia
b)
nitrite
c)
nitrogen
d)
nitrate
23.
Identify the cycle pictured.
a)
The Water cycle
b)
The Carbon cycle
c)
The Nitrogen cycle
d)
The Phosphorus cycle.
24.
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
a)
the sun
b)
the earth
c)
water
d)
the moon
25.

A network of relationships that exchange energy, matter, or information is a ...

a)

community

b)

system

c)

sphere

d)

component of trial and error

26.

As water moves into the soil to become ground water, this is known as

a)

saturation

b)

infiltration

c)

transpiration

d)

runoff

27.

What is needed to break down the wastes and the dead bodies of organisms to release nitrogen and phosphorus to be used by plants.

a)

large mechanical devices

b)

rats and mice

c)

decomposers

d)

rocks from the rock cycle

28.

What percentage of all the water on earth is freshwater?

a)

97.5%

b)

100%

c)

.5%

d)

2.5%

29.

The Law of Conservation of Matter states that...

a)

Matter is destroyed constantly

b)

Matter is always being created

c)

Matter change change from 1 form to another but cannot be created nor destroyed.

30.

Where is the greatest or largest amount of phosphorus stored before it enters the phosphorus cycle?

a)

In the Atmosphere

b)

In manure

c)

In the water

d)

In rocks

31.

Which of the following is the largest sink for carbon on earth.

a)

Carbon in the oceans

b)

carbon in sediments that become fossil fuels

c)

Forests and plants

d)

Tony Nef's janitorial sink

32.

A reservoir that takes in more of a substance than what it releases is known as a ...

a)

Storage unit

b)

ground storage unit

c)

sink

d)

diaper

33.

As much as we produce (as humans) we cannot account for all of the carbon. Somewhere it is being taken up, but we do not know where.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

When Nitrogen or Phosphate move into water systems, it can lead to algal blooms called

a)

green water

b)

green pea soup

c)

Ukky

d)

Eutrophication

35.

Atmospheric fixation of nitrogen is caused when thunder causes oxygen and nitrogen to chemically combine.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

What percent of all the water on earth is ocean and salt lakes?

a)

73%

b)

97.5%

c)

12%

d)

20%

37.

How does water get from the ocean's surface into the atmosphere? This is where we often begin the water cycle.

a)

Condensation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Infiltration

d)

Evaporation

38.

True or False. Earth's environment consists of many systems interlinked and complex.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Matter that is required for life processes is known as ...

a)

Decomposers

b)

Nutrients

c)

Consumers

d)

Cellular Respiration

40.

A _____ _______ is a relatively scarce naturally occurring element. Growth only occurs as long as it is available.

a)

nitrogen bomb

b)

phosphate bomb

c)

limiting nutrient

d)

impossible nutrient

41.

______________ is an element found in cell membranes and ATP.

a)

A Nitrogenous base

b)

Phosphorus

c)

Silicon

d)

Sodium

42.

______________ is an important element for life and it is also found in detergents used to clean clothing. It can lead to eutrophication if it gets in the water.

a)

Sulfur

b)

phosphorus

c)

Carbon

d)

Sodium

43.

Legumes are plants that often contain _________ __________ bacteria in their roots.

a)

carbon fixing

b)

sodium fixing

c)

nitrogen fixing

d)

automobile fixing

44.

Human technology has allowed us to fix Nitrogen from the atmosphere and use it for _______________, which allow us to improve the quality & quantity of plant growth.

a)

photosynthesis

b)

cellular respiration

c)

weathering

d)

fertilizers

45.

How does much of the nitrogen and phosphorus from human use get into streams, ponds, and other water sources.

a)

glaciation

b)

run off

c)

evaporation and precipitation

d)

through ground water

46.

On the pH scale, anything with a number below a 7 would be an ...

a)

Base

b)

Acid

c)

Too low to measure

d)

neutral compound

47.

What would a solution with a pH of 7 be considered?

a)

acid

b)

base

c)

neutral

d)

unachievable