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Cycles Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which cycle is essential to the production of carbohydrates and energy?

a)

water

b)

carbon

c)

nitrogen

d)

oxygen

2.

Which cycle is essential for providing clean, fresh water?

a)

water

b)

carbon

c)

nitrogen

d)

oxygen

3.

Which cycle is contributing to global warming because of human activities?

a)

water

b)

carbon

c)

nitrogen

d)

oxygen

4.

Which cycle is contributing to acid rain because of human activities?

a)

carbon

b)

nitrogen

c)

oxygen

d)

water

5.

How do humans get the nitrogen they need to produce proteins?

a)

water cycle

b)

carbon cycle

c)

oxygen- carbon dioxide cycle

d)

nitrogen fixation

6.

What type of plants are useful for taking nitrogen out of the atmosphere and converting it to nitrate, a form plants can use?

a)

algae

b)

corn

c)

legumes

d)

alfalfa

7.

Which process allows carbon to be locked away for thousands, even millions of years?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

oxygen carbon cycle

c)

decomposition

d)

formation of rocks

8.

How can that carbon (from previous question see below) be released?


Which process allows carbon to be locked away from thousands, even millions of years?

a)

decomposition

b)

volcanism

c)

respiration

d)

photosynthesis

9.

Which is NOT a basic step of the water cycle?

a)

eradication

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

evaporation

10.

What happens if there is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

a)

atmosphere too cold

b)

photosynthesis stops

c)

decomposition increases

d)

atmosphere too warm

11.

What process releases energy to cells and then releases carbon dioxide and water back to the atmosphere to be used again?

a)

decomposition

b)

nitrogen cycle

c)

carbon cycle

d)

volcanism

12.

Hydrological Cycle #1

a)

evaporation

b)

percolation

c)

transpiration

d)

groundwater

13.

Hydrological Cycle #2

a)

precipitation

b)

percolation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

14.

Hydrological Cycle #3

a)

precipitation

b)

percolation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

15.

Hydrological Cycle #4

a)

precipitation

b)

percolation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

16.

Hydrological Cycle #5

a)

precipitation

b)

percolation

c)

runoff

d)

condensation

17.

Hydrological Cycle #6

a)

precipitation

b)

percolation

c)

runoff

d)

infiltration

18.

Hydrological Cycle #7 (arrow with no number)

a)

precipitation

b)

percolation

c)

runoff

d)

infiltration

19.

Hydrological Cycle #8

a)

groundwater

b)

percolation

c)

runoff

d)

infiltration