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Chapter 1 Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The precipitation that is more acidic than normal rainwater.

a)

photochemical smog

b)

emission

c)

water

d)

acid precipitation

2.

a pollutant released into the atmosphere

a)

photochemical smog

b)

residue

c)

emission

d)

nodule

3.

the process that releases nitrogen from soil back into the atmosphere

a)

denitrification

b)

nitrogen fixation

c)

carbon cycle

d)

water cycle

4.

the brown smog produced when air pollutants react with sunlight

a)

emission

b)

photochemical smog

c)

legume

d)

nodule

5.

a swelling on a plant root that contains nitrogen-fixing bacteria

a)

legume

b)

nitrogen

c)

herbivore

d)

nodule

6.

a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria in nodules on its roots

a)

legume

b)

fossil fuel

c)

abiotic material

d)

soil

7.

the conversion of nitrogen in the atmosphere to a form that can be used by plants

a)

precipitation fixation

b)

nitrogen fixation

c)

carbon fixation

d)

oxygen fixation

8.

a source of energy formed from dead plants and animals

a)

electric energy

b)

fossil fuel

c)

hydrogen energy

d)

wind turbine energy

9.

the process in cells by which oxygen and glucose are used to produce energy and carbon dioxide

a)

photosynthesis

b)

collection

c)

cellular respiration

d)

decomposition

10.

the process that allows green plants to make sugars from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide and that releases oxygen into the atmosphere

a)

photosynthesis

b)

decomposition

c)

precipitation

d)

nitrogen fixation

11.

the process by which the precipitation is gathered into a body of water

a)

ground water

b)

runoff

c)

collection

d)

fossil fuel

12.

the precipitation that flows over the surface of soil

a)

biogeochemical cycle

b)

nitrogen cycle

c)

carbon cycle

d)

runoff

13.

the cycling of chemical elements through the living and non-living parts of an ecosystem

a)

biogeochemical cycle

b)

carbon cycle

c)

oxygen cycle

d)

nitrogen cycle