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WorksheetsWater, Carbon, & Nitrogen Cycles
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which of the following vocab words are used when describing the water cycle?
precipitation
condensation
fixation
respiration
evaporation
Which of the following vocab words is used when discussing the nitrogen cycle?
Fixation
Condensation
Evaporation
Respiration
We discussed two ways nitrogen fixation occurs. The first is lightening, the second is...
fossil fuels.
sheep.
carbon.
bacteria.
In the carbon cycle, _______ removes carbon from the atmosphere and ______ returns it to the atmosphere.
evaporation, combustion
respiration, photosynthesis
photosynthesis, respiration
evaporation, fixation
Which is a true statement?
Humans depend on oxygen, plants depend on carbon dioxide
Plants produce carbon dioxide
Humans depend on carbon dioxide, plants depend on oxygen
Humans don't depend on plants for the air they need
When water vapor in the atmosphere cools and changes into water droplets that form clouds
Accumluation
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Accumluation
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
During respiration, we take in ______________ and breath out ________________.
Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen
Oxygen/carbon Dioxide
How do animals and people get the nitrates they need?
By eating plants
By eating animals that eat plants.
Both
None of the above.
What transforms nitrates back into nitrogen in the Nitrogen Cycle?
Plants
Decomposers
The sun
The air
Which of the following release carbon into the atmosphere? (Select all correct answers)
Forest fires
Burning fossil fuels
Photosynthesis
Human and other animals breathing out CO2
CO2 is another way to write ___________________
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
Dihydrogen oxide
Oxygen
An increase in temperature results in an increased rate of...
fixation.
evaporation.
precipitation.
students wearing shorts to school even though it's still below freezing overnight.
_____ is the part of the carbon cycle when a previously living thing is broken down by bacteria, fungi, earthworms, etc and returns to the soil.
Condensation
Respiration
Decomposition
Photosynthesis
Earth's atmosphere (air) is made up of ~78% ______ gas.
nitrogen
oxygen
hydrogen
carbon
The two main parts of the carbon cycle are photosynthesis and respiration. The word equation for this is ____ + water + sunlight -> ____ + glucose + energy.
Carbon Dioxide, nitrogen
nitrogen, oxygen
oxygen, carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide, oxygen
