WorksheetsBiology: Biogeochemical Cycles
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
All of the following are steps of the water cycle EXCEPT:
Transpiration
Precipitation
Sublimation
Condensation
Salt water accounts for ____ of the water on Earth.
(20 seconds)
78%
97%
70%
54%
What's important about Transpiration (and therefore trees and plant density in a habitat?)
It can account for most of the evaporation in an ecosystem
It causes freezing in cold weather
cutting down trees sucks
More transpiration means more RAIN
Both more rain AND can account for most of the evaporation
Through the process of ___________________ , carbon dioxide is fixed from the atmosphere and used to create sugar
Respiration
Photosynthesis
stomata
Nitrogen fixation
Where do animals get their carbon?
Eating plants and other animals
breathing
chewing on old socks
only by eating plants
only by eating other animals
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY:
Which of the below are carbon reservoirs?
All living things on Earth
Trees
the ocean
the atmosphere
all of these are!
Nitrogen Cycle:
Where does Nitrogen Fixation take place?
The soil
your gut
in a plant's leaves, during photosynthesis
an animal's lungs
____________ makes up 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Nitrogen Gas
Argon
Which are the following are phosphorus reservoirs?
The atmosphere
igneous rocks
filtered water in the grocery store
The air in your freezer
When animals breath, they inhale ________________ and exhale _________________ .
Nitrogen gas, oxygen
oxygen, carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide, oxygen
What do soil amendments or fertilizers add to the soil to help plants grow? (choose carefully)
Phosphorus
Oxygen
fixed nitrogen
Phosphorus and fixed Nitrogen
This quiz was...
easy
tricky, but doable
challenging
Way too hard :'(
I didn't study, so it was challenging.
