WorksheetsCarbon And Nitrogen Cycles Vocab Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
plants take in carbon dioxide to make their own food
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Sedimentation
Decomposition
long dead plants and animals turn into (a) which release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when they are burned
Organisms in the oceans die and carbon compounds in their bodies get deposited as layers in the ocean floor
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Sedimentation
Decomposition
Burning fossil fuels resulting to CO2 and other oxidized compounds back into the atmosphere is called (a)
organisms release carbon dioxide
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Sedimentation
Decomposition
decomposers break down dead organisms and return the carbon to the soil
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Sedimentation
Decomposition
(a) is the process of decomposers breaking down dead organisms and returning the nitrogen to the soil
animals get nitrogen from eating plants and other animals
Consuming
Fertilizer Runoff and Algal bloom
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
Atmospheric Nitrogen (N2)
live in certain plant roots, can “fix” nitrogen into a usable form
Consuming
Fertilizer Runoff and Algal bloom
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
Atmospheric Nitrogen (N2)
the air is made of 78% nitrogen gas, a form which cannot be used by plants or animals
Consuming
Fertilizer Runoff and Algal bloom
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
Atmospheric Nitrogen (N2)
(a) can “fix” nitrogen into a usable form
when fertilizer washes off of a field, it can get into the lakes or rivers and cause an overgrowth of algae
Consuming
Fertilizer Runoff and Algal bloom
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
Atmospheric Nitrogen (N2)
