Quiz on Natural Cycles Name:

1. Takes place on existing soil after a community suffers from a natural disaster or human actions
(ex. forest fire)
a. Decomposition
b. Primary Succession
c. Succession
d. Secondary Succession
2. As organisms die and decay, carbon molecules enter soil.
a. Precipitation
b. Succession
c. Evaporation
d. Decomposition
3. Variety of species present in an area that help community to survive
a. Waste
b. Pollution
c. Biodiversity
d. Succession
4. Water condenses in clouds, falls to the earth, accumulates in lakes and oceans
a. Transpiration
b. Precipitation
c. Evaporation
d. Decomposition
5. Water Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle
a. Nitrogen Fixation
b. Precipitation
c. 3 Cycles of Matter
d. Succession
6. Lightning and bacteria convert nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into nitrates the plant cau use.
a. Nitrogen Fixation
b. Transpiration
c. Nitrogen
d. Precipitation
7. Burned fossil fuels, Respiration (breathing), Photosynthesis (plants), Decaying matter/waste
a. Carbon Dioxide in Nature
b. Nitrogen Fixation
c. Biodiversity
d. Precipitation
8. A stable, mature community that undergoes little or no succession
a. Nitrogen
b. Climax Community
c. Biodiversity
d. Primary Organism
9. First organisms to colonize a new site




a. Primary Organism
b. Transpiration
c. Climax Community
d. Primary Succession
10. Carbonates released into groundwater
a. Waste
b. Nitrogen
c. Pollution
d. Runoff
10 True/False Questions
1. Runoff Nitrates in fertilizer enter groundwater in soil
True False
2. Photosynthesis Burning fossil fuels, acid rain, etc release Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous
Oxide back into soil
True False
3. Pollution Burning fossil fuels, acid rain, etc release Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide
back into soil
True False
4. Primary Succession Takes place on existing soil after a community suffers from a natural
disaster or human actions (ex. forest fire)
True False
5. Succession Burning fossil fuels, acid rain, etc release Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide
back into soil
True False
6. Transpiration Plants and animals return water to the environment
True False
7. Evaporation Water from oceans, lakes, etc re-enters atmosphere (as a gas)
True False
8. Metabolism Water from oceans, lakes, etc re-enters atmosphere (as a gas)
True False
9. Nitrogen 78% of air is nitrogen, found in decaying matter/waste
True False




10. Protein Production Plants use nitrogen molecules to make amino acids which are used to
make protein
True False

Answers:
1. d
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. c
6. a
7. a
8. b
9. a
10. a
11. true
12. False
13. true
14. false
15. false
16. true
17. true
18. false
19. true
20. true