Cycling of Matter - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Green plants and algae make their own food through photosynthesis. What is photosynthesis?

a cell process that uses energy from sunlight to convert water and oxygen into food

a cell process that uses energy from sunlight to convert water and glucose into food

a cell process that uses energy from sunlight to convert water and chlorophyll into food

a cell process that uses energy from sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into food

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Plants absorb and store some of the energy in sunlight through a process called …

Cellular respiration

Photosynthesis

Carbon Cycle

Decomposer

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the function of the mitochondria?

To protect the nucleus

To supply energy for the cell via cellular respiration

To digest food

To carry out photosynthesis

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The ______________ is the cellular organelle that converts glucose into ATP, a chemical form of energy the cell can use.

Chloroplast

Chlorophyll

Mitochondria

Nucleus

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Can organisms absorb nitrogen gas directly out of the atmosphere?

Yes

No

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

_______________________ converts nitrogen into a form that plants can absorb.

Denitrifying bacteria

Nitrogen fixing bacteria

Decomposers

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How do animals obtain nitrogen stored in plants?

Denitrifying bacteria

Nitrogen fixing bacteria

Directly from the atmosphere

They eat the plants

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Where can you find carbon?

Only in the Earth's atmosphere

Inside all water molecules

Inside the sun

Inside every living thing on Earth

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned.

True

False

10.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

When humans burn fossil fuels, most of the carbon quickly enters the as carbon dioxide.

Water

Atmosphere

Sun

Air

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How do living organisms return carbon to the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?

respiration and photosynthesis

decomposition and respiration

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Organisms that play a role in the nitrogen cycle

only plants

only animals

only bacteria

plants, animals, & bacteria

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Plants and animals need nitrogen to make __________.

Protein

Carbohydrates

Lipids

Nucleic Acids

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