The Cycles of Matter Answers

What is the name of the process that plants use to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

Osteoporosis is a disease that affects the bones and leads to an increase in bone fractures. Osteoporosis is most likely to be affected by which cycle?

Which process allows water to enter the atmosphere?

Which of the following would be a result of eutrophication of a lake?

The ocean and the atmosphere serve as long-term storage areas for carbon and other nutrients. What are these storage areas called?

Which of these nutrients can be found in all organic compounds?

Why are bacteria a necessary part of the nitrogen cycle?

Which process plays an important role in the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus?

What process adds carbon dioxide to the air?

Actinobacteria sp. are fermenting organisms, which do not require oxygen to survive. These organisms break down organic material and convert it to inorganic material. Which part of the carbon cycle does this describe?