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5th grade Chapter 1 vocab quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the brown smog produced when air pollutants react with sunlight.

a)

nitrogen fixation

b)

acid precipitation

c)

emission

d)

photochemical smog

2.

This is the precipitation that is more acidic than normal rainwater.

a)

denitrification

b)

acid precipitation

c)

nodule

d)

runoff

3.

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

a)

cellular respiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

nitrogen fixation

d)

denitrification

4.

A pollutant released into the atmosphere is a/an

(a)  

5.

What is the precipitation that flows over the surface of soil?

(a)  

6.

This is the cycling of chemical elements through the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

a)

denitrification

b)

fossil fuel

c)

photosynthesis

d)

biogeochemical cycle

7.

Collection is the process by which pollution and runoff is gathered into a body of water. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

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

a)

nitrogen fixation

b)

photosynthesis

c)

cellular respiration

d)

decomposition

9.

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

a)

collection

b)

runoff

c)

cellular respiration

d)

photosynthesis

10.

What is a source of energy formed from dead plants and animals?

(a)  

11.

A plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria in nodules on its roots is called a legume. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is a swelling on a plant root that contains nitrogen-fixing bacteria called?

a)

legume

b)

nodule

c)

fossil fuel

d)

bacteria

13.

This is the process that releases nitrogen from soil back into the atmosphere.

a)

pollution

b)

photosynthesis

c)

runoff

d)

denitrification