Nutrient Cycling

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

• respiration and photosynthesis
•  decomposition and respiration

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Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion
• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Death

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The carbon in coal, oil, and natural gas came from

• the combustion of fossil fuels

• the remains of dead organisms

• carbon-fixing bacteria in swamp soil

• carbon dioxide dissolved in ocean water

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_____ is when water evaporates from plants and goes into the atmosphere.

• Transpiration

• Transportation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

Which biogeochemical cycle does NOT include a major path in which the substance cycles through the atmosphere?

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• phosphorous cycle

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Lightning, legumes, and bacteria are all part of which cycle?

• Water

• Carbon

• Nitrogen

• Phosphorous

This is part of nucleic acids, ATP, and helps form animals' bones and teeth.

• Nitrogen
• Carbon
• Water
• Phosphorous

Which of the following is NOT a stage of the nitrogen cycle?

• organisms breathe in nitrogen gas
• organisms release nitrogen compounds via waste or decomposition
• bacteria convert unusable nitrogen to usable nitrogen
• plants absorb nitrogen compounds from the soil

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How nitrogen is "fixed" into useable form for plants...

• through action of bacteria only
• through lightning only
• through action of bacteria & lightning
• through photosynthesis

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Organisms that break down dead plants & animals and release nitrogen back into atmosphere...

• bacteria
• plants
• animals
• producers

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