Nutrient Cycles Review

Label the parts of the water cycle

c

d

e

f

a

b

Runoff

Condensation

Groundwater

Evaporation

Transpiration

Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

High levels of which nutrients can lead to an algal bloom?

• Water

• Carbon

• Nitrogen

• Phosphorus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Label the parts of the Carbon Cycle

d

c

b

a

Respiration

Fossil Fuel Formation

Photosynthesis

Burning Fossil Fuel

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Match the following

• absorbtion and incorportaion of nitrogen into plant and animal compounds

• Nitrogen Fixation

• converts nitrogen gas into ammonia & nitrates

• Assimilation

• production of nitrates from ammonia

• Denitrification

• conversion of nitrate into nitrogen gas

• Ammonification

• production of ammonia during the decay of organic matter

• Nitrification

Using this picture, how is carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere?

• root respiration

• factory emission

• sunlight

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Using this picture, how is carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere?

• root respiration

• factory emission

• sunlight

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the usable form of nitrogen that plants need according to this diagram?

• assimilation

• nitrites

• nitrates

• ammonification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Why do plants need nitrogen?

• to build proteins

• to get energy

• to photosynthesize

• to transport water from roots to leaves

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which organisms conduct combustion in the carbon cycle?

• bacteria

• plants

• humans

• animals

Which organisms conduct respiration?

• plants

• animals

• bacteria

• all answers are correct