Biogeochemical Cycle

Which cycle are fossil fuels (oil, coal, natural gas) part of?

• carbon

• water

• nitrogen

• phosphorus

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Which one of these does not add CO₂ to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas

• burning wood

• planting a tree

• riding in a car

Nitrogen fixation deals with....

• bacteria coverting Nitrates to Ammonia then back to Nitrogen as it moves back into the atmosphere

• Plants absorbing Ammonium and Nitrates

• Bacteria converting atmospheric Nitrogen into ammonia in the roots of legumes

• bacteria converting ammonia to nitrates

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During denitrification.....

• bacteria found in roots of legumes converts atmospheric nitrogen to ammonium

• plants absorb ammonium and nitrates

• bacteria convert nitrates to ammonium then back to atmospheric nitrogen

• bacteria convert ammonium to nitrates

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Burning gas in your car and buying bags of fertilizer are all problems associated with the Nitrogen cycle....this is another source?

• volcanoes

• burning coal

• waste or feces from animals

• mining rocks

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Oceans play an important role in the carbon cycle because they...

• They can store large amounts of C02 as a sink

• can release large amounts of CO2

• Then can release AND store large amounts of C02 depending on conditions

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The phosphorus cycle does not have an atmospheric component. True or False

• True

• False

The major human inputs of Phosphorus are from.....

• driving cars

• using Phosphorus based fertilizers that can runoff into water

• buring coal and natural gas

• none of these answers are correct

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The source of Phosphorus comes from.......

• It is "fixed" by plants from the atmosphere

• it is caused by refining and smelting

• it is mined from rocks or weathered from rocks

• driving cars as it a pollutant formed from engine combustion

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The process of denitrification occurs in.......

• the roots of plants like legumes

• swamps and bogs and other wet areas where plants decompose

• volcanoes

• the oceans from warming

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