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WorksheetsAPES 1.4 - 1.7 Practice Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following does not produce carbon dioxide?
Photosynthesis
Burning Fossil Fuels
Animal respiration
Plants decaying
What is the effect of deforestation on the carbon cycle?
Increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere
Decrease in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere
Increase in the amount of photosynthesis
Deforestation has no impact on the carbon cycle
Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?
cooking with gas
planting trees
burning wood
riding in a bus
The largest reservoir of nitrogen is the:
Oceans
Rivers
Rock, Lithosphere, & Land
Atmosphere
Nitrogen is added to the atmosphere by:
Denitrification
Fixation
Nitrification
Ammonification
Nitrogen is removed from the atmosphere by:
Denitrification
Fixation
Nitrification
Ammonification
Nitrogen can move from abiotic components of a biome, into biotic components of a biome after:
Reduction
Nitrification
Denitrification
Fixation
Which of the following is NOT a way water moves from the land to the air?
transpiration
respiration
evaporation
precipitation
If groundwater reaches earth's surface, how does it reenter the water cycle in the atmosphere?
Transpiration
Evaporation
Accumulation
Precipitation
Water falls to Earth as rain after water vapor ________ into clouds.
evaporates
accumulates
condenses
freezes
Which of the following best illustrates an abiotic factor affecting a biotic component?
Composting manure is added to agriculture
Phosphorous content in soil affecting plant growth
Plants release oxygen into the atmosphere.
Plants preventing soil erosion
Which of the following is true of the carbon cycle?
Carbon sinks include forests and oceans
Carbon dioxide is released during photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide in the air is reduced by cutting trees
Carbon is concentrated in an igneous rock
What is the role of decomposers in an Ecosystem?
They recycle matter and nutrients to form fossil fuels.
They are burning and releasing carbon dioxide into the environment.
Decomposers are responsible for turning oxygen into carbon dioxide.
They recycle energy back to the sun.
What converts nitrogen into a useable form for plants and animals?
bacteria
fungi
rain
rocks
What cycle(s) does the water cycle influence?
Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Phosphorous Cycle
All of the above
