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Biology: Biogeochemical Cycles

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are steps of the water cycle EXCEPT:

a)

Transpiration

b)

Precipitation

c)

Sublimation

d)

Condensation

2.

Salt water accounts for ____ of the water on Earth.

(20 seconds)

a)

78%

b)

97%

c)

70%

d)

54%

3.

What's important about Transpiration (and therefore trees and plant density in a habitat?)

a)

It can account for most of the evaporation in an ecosystem

b)

It causes freezing in cold weather

c)

cutting down trees sucks

d)

More transpiration means more RAIN

e)

Both more rain AND can account for most of the evaporation

4.

Through the process of ___________________ , carbon dioxide is fixed from the atmosphere and used to create sugar

a)

Respiration

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

stomata

d)

Nitrogen fixation

5.

Where do animals get their carbon?

a)

Eating plants and other animals

b)

breathing

c)

chewing on old socks

d)

only by eating plants

e)

only by eating other animals

6.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY:

Which of the below are carbon reservoirs?

a)

All living things on Earth

b)

Trees

c)

the ocean

d)

the atmosphere

e)

all of these are!

7.

Nitrogen Cycle:

Where does Nitrogen Fixation take place?

a)

The soil

b)

your gut

c)

in a plant's leaves, during photosynthesis

d)

an animal's lungs

8.

____________ makes up 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Nitrogen Gas

d)

Argon

9.

Which are the following are phosphorus reservoirs?

a)

The atmosphere

b)

igneous rocks

c)

filtered water in the grocery store

d)

The air in your freezer

10.

When animals breath, they inhale ________________ and exhale _________________ .

a)

Nitrogen gas, oxygen

b)

oxygen, carbon dioxide

c)

carbon dioxide, oxygen

11.

What do soil amendments or fertilizers add to the soil to help plants grow? (choose carefully)

a)

Phosphorus

b)

Oxygen

c)

fixed nitrogen

d)

Phosphorus and fixed Nitrogen

12.

This quiz was...

a)

easy

b)

tricky, but doable

c)

challenging

d)

Way too hard :'(

e)

I didn't study, so it was challenging.