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BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES 2ND PART 3RD PARTIAL

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which process takes Carbon Dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Respiration
d)
Bioremdiation
2.
Growing legumes such as alfalfa or soy beans increases
a)
denitrification
b)
nitrogen fixation
c)
ammonification
d)
ammonium oxidation
3.
When nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use is called 
a)
Combustion
b)
Photosynthesis
c)
Decomposition
d)
Nitrogen Fixation
4.
Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by
a)
Burning fossil fuels 
b)
Cellular respiration
c)
Decomposing organic matter
d)
All answers are correct
5.

In photosynthesis, plants use __________ to make _________

a)

sugar and CO2; oxygen

b)

water, sun, and CO2; oxygen and sugar

c)

nitrogen and water; CO2 and sugar

d)

water and minerals; sugar and oxygen

6.

The factor that causes the most changes to the cycles is ______

a)

weather

b)

humans

c)

temperature

d)

time

7.

In the nitrogen cycle, the important work is done by ________

a)

fungi

b)

insects

c)

bacteria

d)

worms

8.

In evaporation, water _______

a)

turns from a liquid state to vapor (gas)

b)

falls from the sky like rain or snow

c)

forms clouds

d)

gets locked into ice

9.

Evaporation of water from plant leaves is called _________

a)

transpiration

b)

respiration

c)

digestion

d)

oxidation

10.
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
a)
hydrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
helium
d)
nitrogen
11.
What happens during the process of nitrogen-fixation?
a)
Nitrogen compounds turn into free nitrogen
b)
Free nitrogen turns into nitrogen compounds
12.
What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
combustion
b)
cellular respiration
c)
photosynthesis
d)
decomposition
13.

Which describes the relationship between plants and animals in the carbon cycle?

a)

Plants produce and release oxygen that animals need

b)

Plants produce and release carbon dioxide that animals need

c)

Animals produce and release oxygen that plants need

d)

Animals produce oxygen that plants turn into carbon dioxide

14.

What process is part of the hydrological (water) cycle?

a)

transpiration

b)

nitrification

c)

combustion

d)

sedimentation

15.

When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

16.

When water flows back into the ocean it is called

a)

run-off

b)

transpiration

c)

precipitation

17.

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets...

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

18.

When water turns into a gas...

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

precipitation

19.

During evaporation water changes from ...

a)

water vapor (gas) to liquid

b)

liquid to water vapor (gas)

c)

water vapor (gas) to solid ice

20.
Combustion is another word for __________.
a)
Transportation
b)
Respiration
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Burning
21.
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
a)
water
b)
nutrients
c)
air
d)
fossil fuels
22.

The process in which nitrogen circulates and is recycled is called

a)

The nitrogen cycle

b)

The carbon cycle

c)

The water cycle

d)

The phosphorus cycle

23.

How is nitrogen "fixed" into a usable form for plants?

a)

Through action of bacteria only

b)

Through lightning only

c)

Through action of bacteria and lightning

d)

Through photosynthesis

24.

Plants and animals cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.

a)

True

b)

False

25.
As altitude or latitude increase, temperature ______
a)
stays the same
b)
rises
c)
drops
d)
drops, then rises
26.

A biogeochemical cycle is the way in which an element or compound move between its various living and nonliving forms and locations in the biosphere.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

This is found in all organic macromolecules and is also key component of fossil fuels.

(a)  

28.

This is a groundwater reservoir often tapped by wells.

(a)  

29.

Bacteria play a key role in the nitrogen cycle.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

30.

When fertilizers containing nitrogen and phosphorus are carried in runoff to lakes and rivers, plants die.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE