Seven Four

If you were to explain how most of the water moves from lakes and rivers directly back into the atmosphere, what word would you use to describe it?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Run off

• Rain

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match the following processes with their descriptions in the nitrogen cycle.

• Conversion of ammonia into nitrites and nitrates.

• Assimilation

• Conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia by bacteria.

• Nitrogen fixation

• Reduction of nitrates back into nitrogen gas.

• Nitrification

• Incorporation of nitrates and ammonia into plant and animal proteins.

• Denitrification

• Nitrogen returned to soil as ammonia

• Ammonification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Looking at the #4 on the diagram below, identify the process this number represents in the carbon cycle?

• Combustion

• Photosynthesis

• Consumption

• Metabolism / Respiration

• Decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Based on your understanding, identify the herbivores.

• bug

• mouse

• owl

• rabbit

• ram / mountain goat / deer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Based on your understanding, identify the autotrophs.

• algae

• bush / shrub

• cacti / cactus

• tree

• earthworm

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

I would be described as characteristics that allows an organism to survive in its environment. What am I? (a)  

• Adaptation

• Primary Succession

• Extinction

• Rainforest

• Biotic Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

I could be described as the variety of organisms in a given area, the genetic variation within a population, the variety of species in a community, or the variety of communities in an ecosystem. What am I?

• Biodiversity

• Adaptation

• Primary Succession

• Extinction

• Rainforest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

I am the disappearance of all members of a species. What am I?

• Rainforest

• Adaptation

• Primary Succession

• Extinction

• Biotic Factor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

I am when one organism tries to resemble another organism. What am I?

• Primary Succession

• Adaptation

• Mimicry

• Extinction

• Rainforest

What is the atomic number of Nitrogen?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8