Biogeochemical Cycles

Water vapor leaving leaves and returning to the atmosphere is called

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• vascular tissue

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Nitrogen found in animal waste and decomposing materials is usually in this form

• ammonia

• nitrates

• nitrogen gas

• nitrites

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Why do humans need nitrogen?

( there are 2 answers)

• It builds proteins

• It builds lipids

• it builds carbohydrates

• it builds DNA

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How is nitrogen returned to the atmosphere?

• denitrification

• decomposition

• condensation

• respiration

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How is N2 converted to ammonia and nitrates?

• Bacteria convert N2 into ammonia and nitrates.

• Invertebrates convert N2 into ammonia and nitrates

• Solar energy converts N2 into ammonia and nitrates

• Plants convert N2 during transpiration

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Atoms used in glucose, water, carbon dioxide and nitrates are

• Cycled in and out of living things

• not found in living things

• are used up completely by living things

• made into new atoms on a regular basis

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Animals receive nitrogen by: ( 2 answers)

• eating plants

• eating other animals

• breathing

• cellular respiration

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CO2 is stored as ______________ during photosynthesis

• sugar

• water

• oxygen

• ATP

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How do plants get nitrogen?

• atmosphere

• from the soil

• from a fungus

• from the water

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Water changes from liquid to a gas

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

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