Ecology Review SB5b: Nutrient Cycles

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What is this a picture of? Options: Nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, water cycle, plant cycle

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Nitrogen cycle

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How is carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere?

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Through photosynthesis

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Which process takes carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things?

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Photosynthesis

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Cellular respiration is the process by which ____________ is consumed and _______________ is produced.

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Oxygen is consumed and Carbon dioxide is produced.

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The process where nitrogen gas is turned into a form that plants and animals can use is called:

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Nitrogen Fixation

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How is carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere?

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Burning fossil fuels, Cellular respiration, Decomposing organic matter

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What converts atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form for plants and animals? Options: Bacteria, Photosynthesis, Decomposition of organisms, Fungi

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Bacteria

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Identify the cycle pictured.

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The Carbon cycle

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What does not produce carbon dioxide?

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Photosynthesis

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The process represented by arrow 4 is __
Options: transpiration, precipitation, evaporation, condensation

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transpiration