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Question 16 The movement of mineral nutrients through organisms and their enviro

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Question 16

The movement of mineral nutrients through organisms and their environment is called a:

water cycle

biological cycle

biogeochemical cycle

bioaccumulation

Question 17

What is the primary way carbon moves from one organism to another within the carbon cycle?

Photosynthesis

Food Webs

Evapotranspiration

Respiration

Question 18

The water cycle is driven by what?

the sun’s energy

the biosphere

climate

the surface area of the oceans

Question 19

Carbon is present in the atmosphere as:

carbon dioxide

carbon monoxide

carbonate ion

carbon dust

Question 20

What water reservoir has the shortest residence time (how long water molecules are in a particular reservoir)?

Rivers

Living organisms

Oceans

Groundwater

water cycle

biological cycle

biogeochemical cycle

bioaccumulation

Explanation / Answer

@6) biogeochemical

17 photosynthesis

18 sun energy

19 carbon dioxide

20) groundwater

Oceans have long residence time and atmospheric water has least residence time