Biogeochemical Cycles

Where is carbon stored in the environment?

• Fossil fuels

• Wood of trees

• Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)

• All of the above

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A particular golf course is using large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer. What process could move this nitrogen into a local stream?

• volatilization

• nitrogen fixation

• runoff

• ammonification

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What converts nitrogen into a useable form for plants and animals?

• bacteria

• fungi

• rain

Which nutrient is not cycled through the atmosphere?

• carbon

• nitrogen

• phosphorous

• water

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 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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​ (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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What cycle are fossil fuels part of ?

• carbon

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

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Where is the largest reservoir for the phosphorus cycle?

• rocks and minerals

• the ocean

• the atmopshere

• fossil fuels

Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by

• Burning fossil fuels 

• Cellular respiration

• Decomposing organic matter

• All answers are correct

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