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Biology, Science
10th -
11thgrade
Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycles
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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the as carbon dioxide.WaterAtmosphereSunAir
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?respiration and photosynthesisdecomposition and respiration
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.In what process is Carbon transformed into chemical energy?PhotosynthesisRespirationPrimary ProductionSecondary Production
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.oxygen is a gas produced by _ and used by _plants and animalsphotosynthesis and carbon dioxideanimals and plantscarbon dioxide and photosynthesis
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Carbon can be found in...?The atmosphereInside of the EarthFossil fuelsAll of the above!
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?respiration and photosynthesisdecomposition and respiration
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Nitrogen fixing bacteria, lives in nodules on the root of a plant calledBroccoliLegumesBeatsCarrots
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following describes the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the nitrogen cycle? Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convertnitrates intro nitrogen gasammonia into proteinsnitrogen gas into ammoniaproteins into nitrates
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A particular golf course is using large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer. What process could move this nitrogen into a local stream?volatilizationnitrogen fixationrunoffammonification
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Nitrogen is the most plentiful gas in the atmosphere.TrueFalse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What converts nitrogen into a useable form for plants and animals?bacteriafungirain
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.After plants and animals contain nitrogen, what puts it back into atmosphere and soil?decompositionprecipitationcondensationbacteria
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Organisms that need nitrogen to surviveonly plantsonly animalsonly bacteriaall living organisms
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Organisms that play a role in the nitrogen cycleonly plantsonly animalsonly bacteriaplants, animals, & bacteria
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Nitrogen rich fertilizers and manure can cause water pollution.TrueFalse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Plants and animals cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.TrueFalse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is an example of a legume?strawberriescarrotspeanutscorn
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The process in which Nitrogen circulates and is recycled is called ____________The nitrogen cycleThe water cycleThe carbon cycleThe phosphorus cycle
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Organisms use nitrogen to formcarbohydrates and lipidsproteins and lipidslipids and nucleic acidsproteins and nucleic acids
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is NOT an example of a legume?bluebonnetsblack beanstomatoespeas
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which nutrient is not cycled through the atmosphere?carbonnitrogenphosphorouswater
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What role do decomposers play in the phosphorous cycle?absorb phosphorousrelease phosphorous into atmospherereturn phosphorous into the soilcombustion
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This is released by the weathering of rocks.CarbonOxygenPhosphorusNitrogen
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Identify the cycle pictured.The Water cycleThe Carbon cycleThe Nitrogen cycleThe Phosphorus cycle.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Identify the cycle pictured.The Water cycleThe Carbon cycleThe Nitrogen cycleThe Phosphorus cycle
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What do plants do with the carbon they absorb?Make carbohydrates in the form of sugars.Use it in evapotranspiration.Make amino acids that become proteins.Make cell membranes.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following statements is true of the phosphorus cycle?Phosphorus enters the atmosphere as phosphates.The phosphorus cycle utilizes the processes of erosion, and weathering.Phosphates are used in carbohydrate and glucose storage.The phosphorus cycle utilizes bacteria to breakdown phosphates and make them available for plants.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.In terms of availability, which of the following is the least available and is usually the most limiting factor for plants growth?OxygenCarbonNitrogenPhosphorus
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following is known as the "sedimentary" cycle because its reservoir is sedimentary rock?Sulfur cycleNitrogen cyclePhosphorus cycleCarbon cycle
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This process is responsible for most environmental problems of excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering streams, lakes and oceans.decompositionemissions from automobilesagriculture and house hold runoffphotosynthesis
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The sequence of fertilizer running off into a body of water and creating bacteria that take up all of the oxygen is known as
Eutrophication
Fertlilizerphication
Runoff
Nitrifying bacteria