Biogeochemical Cycles

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Where is carbon stored in the environment? Options: Fossil fuels, Wood of trees, Calcium carbonate (shells and bones), All of the above

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All of the above

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Which is NOT a way that nitrogen compounds are added to the soil?

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Denitrification

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What happens during the process of nitrogen-fixation?

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Free nitrogen turns into nitrogen compounds

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Where are nitrogen-fixing bacteria found?

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Root nodules

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This process is responsible for most environmental problems of excess nitrogen and phosphorus entering streams, lakes and oceans.

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agriculture and house hold runoff

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Which cycle is known as the "sedimentary" cycle because its reservoir is sedimentary rock? Options: Sulfur cycle, Nitrogen cycle, Phosphorus cycle, Carbon cycle

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Phosphorus cycle

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What is released by the weathering of rocks? Options: Carbon, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Nitrogen

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Phosphorus

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Identify the cycle pictured: The Water cycle, The Carbon cycle, The Nitrogen cycle, The Phosphorus cycle

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The Nitrogen cycle

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Identify the cycle pictured. Options: The Water cycle, The Carbon cycle, The Nitrogen cycle, The Phosphorus cycle.

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The Phosphorus cycle.

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How do animals get nitrogen?

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eating other organisms