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G9- L1.2 Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When precipitation moves over the earth's surface and it pics up nutrients as it travels into oceans, lakes or rivers it is called?

a)

Sedimentation

b)

Infiltration

c)

Surface Runoff

d)

Combustion

2.

What is the production of Oxygen and Glucose from sunlight and water called?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Combustion

c)

Cellular Respiration

d)

Photosynthesis

3.

What is it called when oxygen molecules in the atmosphere (as part of water droplets, snow, or ice crystals) in the clouds collide, grow and fall out of the sky?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Percipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Deposition

4.

When H2O is released back into the atmosphere from plants through evaporation it is called?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Transpiration

d)

Deposition

5.

What is the movement of oxygen from organism to organism to be used as a reactant in respiration which is then broken down to serve as a building block for other macromolecules called?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Respiration

c)

Transpiration

d)

Deposition

6.

When water vapor rises in the air where colder temperatures cause it to condense into droplets it is called?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Infiltration

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

7.

When organisms die and decay their bodies release carbon into the ground and after millions of years compose fossil fuels, this is called what?

a)

Sedimentation

b)

Deposition

c)

Assimilation

d)

Infiltration

8.

What is is called when water leaves a lake or river as water vapor?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Surface Runoff

d)

Photosynthesis

9.

What is the burning of fossil fuels releasing CO2 called?

a)

Cellular Respiration

b)

Condensation

c)

Combustion

d)

Infiltration

10.

When precipitation moves through the soil and some of the water is absorbed by plants it is referred to as?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Cellular Respiration

c)

Deposition

d)

Infiltration

11.

What is the creation of limestone by the addition of carbon to ocean sediments called?

a)

Assimilation

b)

Sedimentation

c)

Surface Runoff

d)

Infiltration

12.

What is the production of CO2, H20 and energy by organisms like us called?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Transpiration

c)

Cellular Respiration

d)

Combustion

13.

______________ is the backbone of ___________________.

a)

Nitrogen, Micro-molecules

b)

Nitrogen, Macromolecules

c)

Carbon, Micro-molecules

d)

Carbon, Macromolecules.

14.

Which of the following is in order from least abundant to most abundant?

a)

Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen

b)

Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen

c)

Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Oxygen

d)

Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Carbon

15.

How are you feeling about these different processes within the Water and Carbon Cycles?

a)

I feel good, I really understand the cycles and vocabulary.

b)

I feel ok, but the words are still somewhat confusing.

c)

I feel ok about the vocabulary, but not about the cycles.

d)

I really don't understand this lesson.