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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which is NOT a process of the water cycle?precipitationfreezingtranspirationevaporation
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The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.condensationevaporationtranspirationexhaling - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.
Why do living things need nitrogen?
To get energy
To make amino acids
To make proteins
To make proteins AND amino acids
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere?combustioncellular respirationphotosynthesisdecomposition
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Where is carbon stored in the environment?Fossil fuelsWood of treesCalcium carbonate (shells and bones)All of the above
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warmingGlobal warming gasesHot House gasesGreen House gasesThermal pollution
- 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.What converts nitrogen into a useable form for plants and animals?bacteriafungirain
- 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.This is released by the weathering of rocks.CarbonOxygenPhosphorusNitrogen
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What cycle are fossil fuels part of ?
carbon
oxygen
nitrogen
phosphorus
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What is the largest reservoir for water?
the ocean
rocks and minerals
the atmosphere
glaciers
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Where is the largest reservoir for the phosphorus cycle?
rocks and minerals
the ocean
the atmopshere
fossil fuels
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What is the largest reservoir for nitrogen?
the ocean
rocks and minerals
the atmosphere
bacteria
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere byBurning fossil fuelsCellular respirationDecomposing organic matterAll answers are correct