Question

A quiz on bio-geo chemical cycles and depletion of ozone layer

Answer 1

Ozone layer was depleting due to the use of chlorofluro carbon.

Answer 2

Where do animals get nitrogen from?

soil

air

water

plants

Question 2


Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?

water

nutrients

air

fossil fuels


What is evaporation?

a liquid changing to a gas

animals breathing out condensation

water vapor

precipitation

Question 4



Organisms use nitrogen to form

carbohydrates and lipids

proteins and lipids

lipids and nucleic acids

proteins and nucleic acids

Question 5


Growing legumes such as alfalfa or soy beans increases

denitrification

nitrogen fixation

ammonification

ammonium oxidation

Question 6

What is the main human source that emits Carbon Dioxide?

Combustion of fossil fuels (natural gas, coal, and oil)

Cement Production

Deforestation

Question 7



What is water vapor?

Water on the land (geosphere)

Water in the air (atmosphere)

Water in plants

Water in the water (hydrosphere)

Question 8


The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

Deposition

Erosion

Weathering

Igneous Rock

Question 9

Because of Earth's cycles, organisms can use what over and over?

cell phones

materials

plants

food


How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?

Through transpiration

Through photosynthesis

Through factory emission

Sunlight