Phosphorus cycle game project

True or False: The nutrient phosphorus cycles through the atmosphere

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is not an abiotic reservoir of phosphorus?

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Ocean Sediments

• Air

  (into the gaseous state)

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Erosion does not lose phosphates into streams.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

True or False: Phosphorus is one of the major plant nutrients in the soil.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

True or False: Animals take in phosphorus from the ingestion of plants

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Do Human activities increase or decrease the amount of phosphorus on Earth?

• Both increase and decrease based on how much we take and give.

• Decrease by taking more phosphorus away than there originally was

• Neither, the amount of phosphorus on Earth is set in stone.

• Increase by adding more phosphorus to the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following is a human activity that artificially increases the amount of phosphorus in an area?

• Deforestation

• Adding Fertilizer to farmlands.

• Removing Phosphorus from rock formations

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is not a step in the phosphorus cycle?

• Evaporation

• Weathering

• Absorption by plants

• Absorption by animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is the first step in the phosphorus cycle?

• Return of Phosphorus back to the Ecosystem

• Absorption by Animals

• Absorption by Plants

• Weathering of Rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the second step in the phosphorus cycle?

• Return of Phosphorus back to the Ecosystem

• Absorption by Animals

• Absorption by Plants

• Weathering of Rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3