Cycles of Matter - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is another name for evaporation of water through the leaves of plants?

Transpiration

Condensation

Precipitation

Percolation

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which 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 time

There is a fixed amount of matter in the universe, so it must take on different forms at different times

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the process by which the surface of a liquid absorbs enough energy to change into a gas?

Percolation

Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the process by which a gas changes to a liquid?

Percolation

Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all forms of _____.

Percolation

Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Ultimately, what drives the water cycle process?

Solar (sun) energy

Chemical energy

Heat from the Earth's core

Cold fronts and warm fronts

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following best explains why nitrogen fixation must take place?

Atmospheric nitrogen is unusable to plants and animals

Nitrogen must be returned to the atmosphere

Animals must breathe in nitrogen

Nitrogen gets "stuck" in the soil and must be untrapped

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following best explains how lightning is capable of nitrogen fixation?

Lightning hits the soil and activates the nitrogen fixing bacteria

The lightning energy causes free nitrogen atoms to bond

The lightning energy blasts nitrogen molecules apart

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the overall purpose of photosynthesis?

To use energy from the sun to produce food for the plant

To use energy from the sun to produce oxygen for animals to breathe

To break down food in order to produce energy (ATP)

To break down food in order to produce carbon dioxide

10.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What is A?

Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

Runoff

11.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What is B?

Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

Runoff

12.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What is C?

Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

Runoff

13.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

Nitrogen Cycle

Carbon Oxygen Cycle

WaterCycle

Nitrogen Fixation

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What gas is released by plants from the process of photosynthesis?

air

carbon dioxide

oxygen

hydrogen

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What gas is released by plants from the process of photosynthesis?

air

carbon dioxide

oxygen

hydrogen

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What causes an increase in atmospheric Carbon dioxide?

factories releasing fossil fuels

reforming of the ozone layer

decreasing cellular respiration

leaves growing in the spring

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Photosynthesis

absorbs CO2

releases CO2

18.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Which is the greatest carbon reservoir?

Atmosphere

Ocean

Rocks, soils and sediments

Terrestrial plants

19.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Carbon dioxide is used in natural processes within which of the following carbon reservoirs?

terrestrial plants

the atmosphere

rocks

all of the above

20.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

How animals get the nitrogen they need

from the air they breathe

from the water they drink

from the food they eat

from the Sun

21.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Organisms that need nitrogen to survive

only plants

only animals

only bacteria

all living organisms

22.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Organisms that play a role in the nitrogen cycle

only plants

only animals

only bacteria

plants, animals, & bacteria

23.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Organism that breaks down dead plants & animals and releases nitrogen back into atmosphere

bacteria

plants

animals

producers

24.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

How plants get the nitrogen they need

from the air

from the soil or water in which they live

from the Sun

from broken down rocks

25.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Organisms that need nitrogen to survive

only plants

only animals

only bacteria

all living organisms

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use is called

Combustion

Photosynthesis

Decomposition

Nitrogen Fixation

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What are the two ways nitrogen gas is turned into a form plants and animals can use?

lightning & bacteria

bacteria & worms

lightning & worms

bacteria & fungi

28.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming

Global warming gases

Hot House gases

Green House gases

Thermal pollution

29.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen and Oxygen. True or False?

True

False

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The process by which waste and dead organisms release nitrogen back into the soil to be used again.

Decomposition

Fixation

Denitrification

Sublimation

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