Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Section 2 - The Cycling of Matter
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Which of the following is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth?
a. | Limestone | b. | fossil fuels | c. | Amazon rain
forest | d. | Atlantic Ocean |
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Which of the following is not part of the nitrogen cycle?
a. | nitrogen gas in rock | b. | nitrogen in the atmosphere | c. | nitrogen compounds
in animal waste | d. | nitrogen compounds in the soil |
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Matching
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Section 2 - The Cycling of Matter
Choose the letter of
the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | carbon cycle | e. | atmospheric
nitrogen | b. | increased atmospheric CO2 | f. | decomposers | c. | phosphorus
cycle | g. | nitrogen-fixing
bacteria | d. | algal bloom | h. | nitrogen cycle |
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the process in which nitrogen is cycled between the atmosphere, bacteria, and
other organisms
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the movement of phosphorus from the environment to organisms and then back to
the environment
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the process by which carbon is cycled between the atmosphere, land, water, and
organisms
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organisms that can transform unusable nitrogen in the atmosphere into chemical
compounds containing nitrogen that can be used by other organisms
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breaks down decaying organisms
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part of the nitrogen cycle
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evidence of excessive use of fertilizer
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the result of burning fossil fuels
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