Biogeochemical cycle

Which of the following absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

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

A _______________ is any process or activity through which an element is released into the atmosphere.

A ____________ is a reservoir that takes up a chemical element and stores it for a long period of time.

What is a greenhouse gas?

How is the ocean involved in the carbon cycle?

What types of organisms need carbon to survive?

How does a cow transfer carbon to other parts of the environment?

Energy flows through an ecosystem and is transferred as ____________, but chemical elements are ____________.

Which of the following is NOT a SOLID form of carbon in the carbon cycle?

Choose the correct process described: Acid rain dissolves minerals trapped in rocks and washes them to surface waters

Choose the correct process described: A chemical combination of a carbon based fuel with oxygen that produces heat or light and releases CO₂

Choose the correct process described: Plants and animals break down sugars and metabolize them into CO₂ , water and ATP for energy

Which gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere?

Which nitrogen cycle process breaks down atmospheric nitrogen (N₂) and combines it with hydrogen or oxygen using bacteria or lightning strikes

After living organisms use nitrogen, decomposer bacteria convert it back to ammonia for plants to use through this process

This process converts ammonia into nitrites and nitrates for plants to use

Nitrogen compounds are converted back into atmospheric N₂ by bacteria and burning of fossil fuels through this process