Biogeochemical Cycles Review

water falls from the clouds in a process called_________.

• transpiration

• condensation

• runoff

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water evaporates from the surfaces of plants through a process called_________.

• transpiration

• runoff

• evaporation

• respiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Phosphorus is the only cycle that does not move through the ____________.

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

CO2 is removed from the atmosphere by which process?

• cellular respriation

• photosynthesis

• combustion

• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Plants and animals cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.

• true

• false

What process occurs when dead plant and animal matter decomposes and nitrogen is released back into the atmosphere?

• decomposition

• nitrogen fixation

• denitrification

• ammonification

A correct path that nitrogen could take would be.........

• air -> animals -> plants -> bacteria

• animals -> air -> bacteria -> plants

• air -> bacteria -> plants -> animals

• bacteria -> air -> plants -> animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Carbon can be found in...

• fossil fuel

• soil

• atmosphere

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Decomposition is found during which of the following cycles? Choose all the apply.

• water cycle

• phosphorus cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• carbon cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How does carbon dioxide enter the atmosphere?

• Carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere by plants, animals, bacterial decomposers, and human activities.

• Carbon dioxide is only released into the atmosphere by animals and bacterial decomposers.

• Carbon dioxide is only released into the atmosphere by plants, animals, and bacterial decomposers.

• 
  Carbon dioxide is only released into the atmosphere by human activities.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3