Name: ________________________________________ Date: ________________
1. Name the 4 biogeochemical cycles you learn.
_______________ - ________________ - __________________ - ________________
2. Name the cycle described:
a. Cycle in which photosynthesis and cellular respiration participate. _________________
b. Only cycle in which does not pass through the atmosphere. ______________________
c. Cycle that involves transpiration. _______________
d. Cycle which is dependent on bacteria for fixation and denitrification. ______________
e. Cycle in which volcanic activity and burning fossil fuels plays a role. _______________
f. Another name for the water cycle________________
g. Cycle which includes an underground reservoir in the form of fossil fuels. __________
3. Name the step in a biogeochemical cycle:
a. Process in which nitrogen gas from the atmosphere is converted into ammonia by bacteria
that live in the soil. ______________________
b. Process in which soil bacteria convert nitrogen compounds in soil back into the nitrogen gas
which is released into the atmosphere. _____________________
c. Process in which water evaporates from the surface of plant leaves. ________________
d. Process in which liquid water changes into gas form. ____________________
e. Process in which nutrients in dead organisms are returned to the soil. ________________
f. Process in which the breakdown of sugar in living things returns carbon to the atmosphere
as CO2 ______________________
g. Process in which water vapor changes into liquid water. ________________
h. Process in which condensed water in clouds falls to the Earth’s surface. ______________
i. Process ALL of the cycles have in common that links land and surface water. ___________
j. _____________ and ____________ are essential nutrients found in ____________
Name: ________________________________________ Date: ________________
4. Name the 4 biogeochemical cycles you learn.
_______________ - ________________ - __________________ - ________________
5. Name the cycle described:
h. Cycle in which photosynthesis and cellular respiration participate. _________________
i. Only cycle in which does not pass through the atmosphere. ______________________
j. Cycle that involves transpiration. _______________
k. Cycle which is dependent on bacteria for fixation and denitrification. ______________
l. Cycle in which volcanic activity and burning fossil fuels plays a role. ________________
m. Another name for the water cycle________________
n. Cycle which includes an underground reservoir in the form of fossil fuels. ___________
6. Name the step in a biogeochemical cycle:
k. Process in which nitrogen gas from the atmosphere is converted into ammonia by bacteria
that live in the soil. ______________________
l. Process in which soil bacteria convert nitrogen compounds in soil back into the nitrogen gas
which is released into the atmosphere. _____________________
m. Process in which water evaporates from the surface of plant leaves. ________________
n. Process in which liquid water changes into gas form. ____________________
o. Process in which nutrients in dead organisms are returned to the soil. ________________
p. Process in which the breakdown of sugar in living things returns carbon to the atmosphere
as CO2 ______________________
q. Process in which water vapor changes into liquid water. ________________
r. Process in which condensed water in clouds falls to the Earth’s surface. ________________
s. Process ALL of the cycles have in common that links land and surface water. ____________
t. _____________ and ____________ are essential nutrients found in ____________