Nutrient Cycling

Chemical process that animals and plants use to obtain energy.

• Transpiration

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Percolation

• Denitrification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

One of the nutrient cycles, an element moves from an atmospheric gaseous form to the soil through both abiotic and biotic processes, moves through the food web, then is returned to the soil or to the atmosphere. Which cycle fits this description?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Phosphorus

• Water

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of the following nutrients has only a short-term biogeochemical cycle?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Phosphorus

• Water

• Oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What organism is responsible for nitrogen fixation?

• plants

• humans

• bacteria

• viruses

• mice

Which cycle is shown in this diagram?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Phosphorus

• Water

• Oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which cycle is shown in this diagram?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Phosphorus

• Water

• Oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Chemical process by which plants use sunlight to obtain sugars.

• Transpiration

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Percolation

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The burning of fossil fuels or vegitation

• Weathering

• Run-Off

• Combustion

• Nitrogen-fixing

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Types of organisms that serve to break down inorganic waste and deposit into the soil.

• Diffusion

• Decomposers

• Detrivores

• Fossil fuels

• Denitrification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An autotroph does

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Both

• Neither of these

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6