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APES 1.4 - 1.7 Practice Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following does not produce carbon dioxide?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Burning Fossil Fuels

c)

Animal respiration

d)

Plants decaying

2.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
3.

What is the effect of deforestation on the carbon cycle?

a)

Increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

b)

Decrease in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

c)

Increase in the amount of photosynthesis

d)

Deforestation has no impact on the carbon cycle

4.

Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

a)

cooking with gas

b)

planting trees

c)

burning wood

d)

riding in a bus

5.

The largest reservoir of nitrogen is the:

a)

Oceans

b)

Rivers

c)

Rock, Lithosphere, & Land

d)

Atmosphere

6.

Nitrogen is added to the atmosphere by:

a)

Denitrification

b)

Fixation

c)

Nitrification

d)

Ammonification

7.

Nitrogen is removed from the atmosphere by:

a)

Denitrification

b)

Fixation

c)

Nitrification

d)

Ammonification

8.

Nitrogen can move from abiotic components of a biome, into biotic components of a biome after:

a)

Reduction

b)

Nitrification

c)

Denitrification

d)

Fixation

9.

Which of the following is NOT a way water moves from the land to the air?

a)

transpiration

b)

respiration

c)

evaporation

d)

precipitation

10.

If groundwater reaches earth's surface, how does it reenter the water cycle in the atmosphere?

a)

Transpiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Accumulation

d)

Precipitation

11.

Water falls to Earth as rain after water vapor ________ into clouds.

a)

evaporates

b)

accumulates

c)

condenses

d)

freezes

12.

Which of the following best illustrates an abiotic factor affecting a biotic component?

a)

Composting manure is added to agriculture

b)

Phosphorous content in soil affecting plant growth

c)

Plants release oxygen into the atmosphere.

d)

Plants preventing soil erosion

13.

Which of the following is true of the carbon cycle?

a)

Carbon sinks include forests and oceans

b)

Carbon dioxide is released during photosynthesis

c)

Carbon dioxide in the air is reduced by cutting trees

d)

Carbon is concentrated in an igneous rock

14.

What is the role of decomposers in an Ecosystem?

a)

They recycle matter and nutrients to form fossil fuels.

b)

They are burning and releasing carbon dioxide into the environment.

c)

Decomposers are responsible for turning oxygen into carbon dioxide.

d)

They recycle energy back to the sun.

15.
Building proteins and DNA is the reason organisms need what substance?
a)
Water
b)
Carbon
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Calcium
16.

What converts nitrogen into a useable form for plants and animals?

a)

bacteria

b)

fungi

c)

rain

d)

rocks

17.
Which nutrient is not cycled through the atmosphere?
a)
carbon
b)
nitrogen
c)
phosphorous
d)
water
18.

What cycle(s) does the water cycle influence?

a)

Carbon Cycle

b)

Nitrogen Cycle

c)

Phosphorous Cycle

d)

All of the above