Biogeochemical Cycles and History Of Life On Earth

The oceans on Earth act as a carbon...

• source
• sink
• both of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that return dead organisms into the carbon cycle are...

• decomposing fungi, bacteria, and worms
• plants, algae, cyanobacteria
• cat, dogs, gerbils
• sharks, fish, and whales

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Nitrogen is removed from the atmosphere by lightning and....

• nitrogen fixing bacteria
• nitrifying bacteria
• denitrifying bacteria

The non-biological process that adds Carbon Dioxide to the atmosphere is...

• Photosynthesis
• Cellular Respiration
• lactic acid fermentation
• burning fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Plants remove carbon dioxide from the air through the process of photosynthesis- what pathway of carbon cycling is this?

• Atmosphere -> Biosphere
• Biosphere -> Atmosphere
• Geosphere- > Biosphere
• Hydrosphere-> Biosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the process (carried out by fungi, bacteria, and worms) that takes waste and dead plant and animal material and converts it into ammonia that can be used in the nitrogen cycle

• Nitrogen fixation
• Deamination
• Denitrification

Nitrogen fixing bacteria are most often found in the root nodules of what kind of plants?

• legumes (beans, peas, etc)
• trees
• grasses
• cyanobacteria
• any kind of plant

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Earth was formed during the ____________ eon

• Hadean
• Archean
• Cambrian
• Precambrian

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

What eon of Earth's history includes the following events. First visible evidence for life, Establishment of biomarkers, First Chemical Evidence for Life

• Hadean
• Archean
• Proterozoic
• Phanerozoic

During what era of the Phanerozoic eon did the first vertebrates evolve?

• Paleozoic
• Mesozoic
• Cenozoic