Nutrient Cycle Review

One of the nutrient cycles moves from an atmospheric gaseous form to the soil through both abiotic and biotic processes, moves through the food web, then is returned to the soil or to the atmosphere. Which cycle fits this description?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Phosphorus

• Water

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Which biogeochemical cycle is least dependent on biotic processes?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Phosphorus

• Water

• Oxygen

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Which of the following nutrients has only a short-term biogeochemical cycle?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon

• Phosphorus

• Water

• Oxygen

What organism is responsible for nitrogen fixation?

• plants

• humans

• bacteria

• viruses

• mice

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Type of bacteria that will put Nitrogen back into the soil or transform it into a usable form.

• Weathering

• Run-Off

• Combustion

• Nitrogen-fixing

• Precipitation

Types of organisms that serve to break down inorganic waste and deposit into the soil.

• Diffusion

• Decomposers

• Detrivores

• Fossil fuels

• Denitrification

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Process by which nitrogen is extracted from the soil.

• Diffusion

• Decomposers

• Detrivores

• Fossil fuels

• Denitrification

Label the steps in the Nitrogen Cycle

a

b

c

d

e

Ammonification

Assimilation

Nitrogen Fixation

Nitrification

Denitrification

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Label the processes shown in the phosphorus cycle.

a

b

c

d

Decompositoin

Consumption

Assimilation

Weathering

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Phosphorus runoff in the water supply can lead to _____________.

• phosphorus poisoning of land mammals

• deformed fish species

• overgrowth of algae, resulting in loss of other aquatic species

• Who knows?  Not Me.

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