Science Chapter 1 Review

Which of the following elements is NOT most abundant in living things?

• carbon

• helium

• oxygen

• nitrogen

A pollutant released into the atmosphere is _______

• an emission

• a nodule

• acid precipitation

• photochemical smog

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Releasing nitrogen from the soil back into the atmosphere is called ______

• nitrogen fixation

• cellular respiration

• denitrification

• photosynthesis

Which of the following hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria in nodules on its roots?

• a decomposer

• a consumer

• an emission

• a legume

The process in cells by which oxygen and glucose are used to produce energy and carbon dioxide is called ______

• nitrogen fixation

• cellular respiration

• denitrification

• photosynthesis

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Which process describes how plants make sugar from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide?

• nitrogen fixation

• cellular respiration

• denitrification

• photosynthesis

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Air pollutants can be caused by burning too many ___________

• emissions

• fossil fuels

• nodules

• legumes

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When precipitation gathers into a body of water, it is called _________

• runoff

• collection

• acid precipitation

• photochemical smog

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Match the following vocabulary words to their definition

• runoff

• the brown smog produced when air pollutants react with sunlight

• photochemical smog

• the precipitation that flows over the surface of the soil

• nodule

• a swelling on a plant root that contains nitrogen-fixing bacteria

• biogeochemical cycle

• the cycling of chemical elements through the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem

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