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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is another name for evaporation of water through the leaves of plants?TranspirationCondensationPrecipitationPercolation
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best explains why matter must travel through cycles?There is an unlimited amount of matter in the universe, so it can take on any form at any timeThere is a fixed amount of matter in the universe, so it must take on different forms at different times
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the process by which the surface of a liquid absorbs enough energy to change into a gas?PercolationEvaporationCondensationPrecipitation
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the process by which a gas changes to a liquid?PercolationEvaporationCondensationPrecipitation
- 5. Multiple ChoiceRain, sleet, snow, and hail are all forms of _____.PercolationEvaporationCondensationPrecipitation
- 6. Multiple ChoiceUltimately, what drives the water cycle process?Solar (sun) energyChemical energyHeat from the Earth's coreCold fronts and warm fronts
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best explains why nitrogen fixation must take place?Atmospheric nitrogen is unusable to plants and animalsNitrogen must be returned to the atmosphereAnimals must breathe in nitrogenNitrogen gets "stuck" in the soil and must be untrapped
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best explains how lightning is capable of nitrogen fixation?Lightning hits the soil and activates the nitrogen fixing bacteriaThe lightning energy causes free nitrogen atoms to bondThe lightning energy blasts nitrogen molecules apart
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the overall purpose of photosynthesis?To use energy from the sun to produce food for the plantTo use energy from the sun to produce oxygen for animals to breatheTo break down food in order to produce energy (ATP)To break down food in order to produce carbon dioxide
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What is A?EvaporationCondensationPrecipitationRunoff - 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is B?EvaporationCondensationPrecipitationRunoff
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is C?EvaporationCondensationPrecipitationRunoff
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and backNitrogen CycleCarbon Oxygen CycleWaterCycleNitrogen Fixation
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat gas is released by plants from the process of photosynthesis?aircarbon dioxideoxygenhydrogen
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat gas is released by plants from the process of photosynthesis?aircarbon dioxideoxygenhydrogen
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat causes an increase in atmospheric Carbon dioxide?factories releasing fossil fuelsreforming of the ozone layerdecreasing cellular respirationleaves growing in the spring
- 17. Multiple ChoicePhotosynthesisabsorbs CO2releases CO2
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the greatest carbon reservoir?AtmosphereOceanRocks, soils and sedimentsTerrestrial plants
- 19. Multiple ChoiceCarbon dioxide is used in natural processes within which of the following carbon reservoirs?terrestrial plantsthe atmosphererocksall of the above
- 20. Multiple ChoiceHow animals get the nitrogen they needfrom the air they breathefrom the water they drinkfrom the food they eatfrom the Sun
- 21. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms that need nitrogen to surviveonly plantsonly animalsonly bacteriaall living organisms
- 22. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms that play a role in the nitrogen cycleonly plantsonly animalsonly bacteriaplants, animals, & bacteria
- 23. Multiple ChoiceOrganism that breaks down dead plants & animals and releases nitrogen back into atmospherebacteriaplantsanimalsproducers
- 24. Multiple ChoiceHow plants get the nitrogen they needfrom the airfrom the soil or water in which they livefrom the Sunfrom broken down rocks
- 25. Multiple ChoiceOrganisms that need nitrogen to surviveonly plantsonly animalsonly bacteriaall living organisms
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhen nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use is calledCombustionPhotosynthesisDecompositionNitrogen Fixation
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the two ways nitrogen gas is turned into a form plants and animals can use?lightning & bacteriabacteria & wormslightning & wormsbacteria & fungi
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThese gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warmingGlobal warming gasesHot House gasesGreen House gasesThermal pollution
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen and Oxygen. True or False?TrueFalse
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThe process by which waste and dead organisms release nitrogen back into the soil to be used again.DecompositionFixationDenitrificationSublimation
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