Biogeochemical Cycles

Front

Photosynthesis is an important part of the ______ cycle

Back

Carbon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

Decomposition is part of all cycles except _______

Back

the water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Which of the following will DECREASE the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? Combustion of fossil fuels, Respiration, Photosynthesis, Decomposition

Back

Photosynthesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Front

Legumes provide starches for nitrogen fixing bacteria and nitrogen fixing bacteria add nitrogen to the soil for legumes to use. This relationship is best described as...

Back

Mutualism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Front

Which type of organisms are responsible for turning nitrogen gas into a form useable by other organisms?

Back

Bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Aside from bacteria, another way that nitrogen gas can become "fixed" and put into the soil is through: Thunder, Magic, Lightning, Gravity

Back

Lightning

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

Why can matter recycle through the biosphere?

Back

biological systems do not use up matter, they transform it.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

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

Back

carbon cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Front

The repeated movement of water between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere is called

Back

the water cycle.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

What is happening to water at D in Figure 3–3?

Back

Water is seeping into the ground to become groundwater.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1