Standard 5 Vocab Review

What is the term for when nutrients are turned into forms usable by most plants and animals?

• bacteria

• biogeochemical cycle

• fixation

• disruption

Match the following

• resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetime

• Conservation

• The protection of resources and avoidance of wasteful and destructive use.

• Non renewable

• Materials from Earth that can be replaced by nature within a relatively short period of time

• Renewable

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What does the word "resource" mean?

• Another word for money.

• Something that a human makes.

• Something that we can use and is valuable.

• Something that comes from Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called ____.

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• exhaling

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

These gases, such as carbon dioxide, trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming

• Global warming gases
• Hot House gases
• Green House gases
• Thermal pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

During which phase of the nitrogen cycle do decomposers break down nitrates into ammonium?

• Ammonification
• Nitrification
• Denitrification
• Assimilation

Which of the following organisms plays a major role in all phases of the nitrogen cycle?

• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Plants
• Animals

During which phase of the nitrogen cycle do bacteria and lightning strikes convert  atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form?

• Ammonification
• Assimilation
• Nitrogen Fixation
• Nitrification

During which phase of the nitrogen cycle is ammonia converted into nitrates?

• Ammonification
• Nitrification
• Nitrogen fixation
• Denitrification

During which phase of the nitrogen cycle is nitrogen gas returned to the atmosphere?

• Ammonification
• Nitrogen fixation
• Nitrification
• Denitrification