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Nutrient Cycles Quiz

 

Nutrient cycles are concidered to be "leaky" because they....

produce water
loose nutrients
gain nutrients
loose water

 

____% of earths water is contained in oceans, lakes, rivers and streams.

50%
40%
89%
98%

 

Plants convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into
sugars
salts
minerals
vitamins

 

_________ are responsible for the consumption of dead organic matter

producers
consumers
autotrophs
decomposers

 

Nitrogen fixation does not occur in ...

industrial process
free living soil bacteria
fungi
symbiotic soil dweling bacteria

 

Ammonification is also known as ...

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nitrogen mineralization
assimilation
cleavage

 

Which is not composed of nitrogen
plant matter
DNA
amino acids
water

 

Phosphorus is not added back to the soil by ...

the weathering of rock
animal feces
urine
rain

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