Biogeochemical Cycle Review

What is happening to water at D in Figure 3–3?

• Water is falling to the ground as precipitation.

• Water is evaporating from the ocean.

• Water is being taken up by plants through transpiration.

• Water is seeping into the ground to become groundwater.

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The water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, and phosphorus cycles are all examples of

• Biochemical Cycles

• Biogeochemical Cycles

• Chemical Cycles

• Biological Cycles

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Identify the cycle pictured.

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• phosphorus cycle

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Identify the cycle pictured.

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• phosphorus cycle

​ ​ (a)   is when bacteria, microbes, and other decomposers convert waste and dead biomass into NH3 and return it to the ​ (b)   .

• Ammonification

• soils

• Nitrification

• atmosphere

• Assimilation

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The movement of a particular chemical through biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem

• chemical dispersion

• biogeochemical cycling

• ecological migration

• biological translocation

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​ (a)   is the conversion of NH4 into nitrite (NO2) & then nitrate (NO3) by ​ (b)   .

• Nitrification

• soil bacteria

• Denitrification

• Assimilation

• plants

• animals

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Identify the cycle pictured.

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• phosphorus cycle

Nitrogen fixation is carried out primarily by

• humans.

• plants.

• bacteria.

• consumers.

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What is one way that carbon can be removed from the atmosphere?

• combustion

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

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