P/S Cycle
The Carbon Cycle
The Water Cycle
The Nitrogen Cycle
Random Trivia
100
How is the phosphorus cycle different from other cycles?
Phosphorus doesn’t enter the atmosphere.
100
What is released as a waste product of cellular respiration?
CO2
100
How does water enter into the atmosphere?
evaporation
100
What is the name of the process in which nitrogen gas from the atmosphere is converted into a soluble form in the soil (ammonium)?
nitrogen fixation
100

What is the smallest planet in the solar system?

Mercury

200

When organisms decompose, where does the phosphorus in their bodies go?

It is returned to sediment and rock. 

200
What is the name of the process in which carbon dioxide is taken from the atmosphere?
Photosynthesis
200

When water condenses in a cloud, it is released as this

precipitation

200

What types of organisms can fix nitrogen? From what form to what form?

nitrogen fixing bacteria, Nitrite to Nitrate

200

Who holds the record for most Olympic gold medals of all time?

Michael Phelps

300

Phosphorus is found in DNA and ....

RNA

300
What types of organisms are able to remove carbon dioxide from the environment?
Plants/autotrophs
300

Storm water that picks up pollutants and then flows into a body of water is called __________.

runoff

300

Name 2 nitrogen reservoirs

soil, oceans, and within living things 
300

Who played the role of Jack Dawson in the popular film Titanic?


Leonardo DiCaprio

400

How do consumers get phosphorus?

Phosphorus is absorbed by plants, which are then consumed by animals.

400

The process in which carbon is returned to the soil as nutrients

Decomposition

400
What is the gaseous form of water called?
water vapor
400
Define “denitrification"
What is the name of the process in which bacteria convert nitrate back into nitrogen gas which is then released back into the atomosphere?
400

What is the official language of Brazil?


Portuguese 

500

How do humans disrupt the Phosphorus cycle?

Synthetic fertilizer

500

What is combustion?

Burning fossil fuels

500

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

Heat from the sun (solar energy) causes water to evaporate

500

Name 2 other ways nitrogen can by converted into useful forms

Lightning and man-made fertilizers

500

In which year did Christopher Columbus discover the “New World”?


1492

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