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| 4904734734 | atmosphere | Not one of common phosphorus resevoirs: | 0 | |
| 4904765031 | organic compounds | Carbon is a major component of | 1 | |
| 4904773328 | freshly fallen leaves | Topsoil contains all of the following except | 2 | |
| 4904776716 | Gaseous cycle | The nitrogen cycle is considered to be a | 3 | |
| 4904791614 | Divergent plate boundary | Tectonic plates move apart in opposite directions at a | 4 | |
| 4904799534 | Hydrologic Cycle | The cycle most responsible for linking the other biogeochemical cycles is the | 5 | |
| 4904828350 | energy from the sun and gravity | The energy sources primarily responsible for Earth's external geological processes are | 6 | |
| 4904828351 | mantle fault | A _____________________ is not one of the three types of boundaries between lithospheric plates | 7 | |
| 4904837024 | low; high | Clay has _____ permeability and ________ porosity | 8 | |
| 4904845398 | lithosphere | Fossil Fuels and minerals are found in the | 9 | |
| 4904850586 | nitrification | Ammonium ions are converted to nitrite ions which are then converted to nitrate ions through what process | 10 | |
| 4904872178 | All of these answers | Soil is a complex mixture of | 11 | |
| 4904872179 | horizons | The zones that compose a mature soil are known as | 12 | |
| 4904878860 | calcium carbonate shells | Of the following carbon-based compounds which would have the slowest turnover rate? | 13 | |
| 4904890756 | surface litter | Freshly fallen leaves, organic debris, and partially composed organic matter as a indicative of the | 14 | |
| 4904899725 | photosynthesis | All of the following increase the carbon in the atmosphere except | 15 | |
| 4904910877 | burning fossil fuels and removal of forests and brush | The two ways in which humans have most interfered with the carbon cycle are | 16 | |
| 4904951196 | solar energy and gravity | The hydrologic cycle is driven primarily by | 17 | |
| 4904951197 | Igneous | Lava is an example of ________ rock | 18 | |
| 4905031326 | Nirtrogen Fixation | Nitrogen gas is converted to ammonia through | 19 | |
| 4905037015 | Clay | Which of the following types of soil hold the most water? | 20 | |
| 4905046409 | Composed of crust and core | Which of the following is false? | 21 | |
| 4905052356 | Sustainable agriculture | Of the following human activities, the one which probably contributes least to soil erosion is | 22 | |
| 4905063622 | Calcium | All of the follwing are elements involoved in major biogeochemical cycles except | 23 | |
| 4905072367 | Organic | which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral? | 24 | |
| 4905083704 | Nutrient holding capacity | Properties of sand do not include good | 25 | |
| 4905091839 | along edges of continents | The majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur | 26 | |
| 4905107806 | Cycrobacteria | Nitrogen fixation is accomplished by | 27 | |
| 4905119321 | Photosynthesis and Cellular | Transfer of carbon between organisms depends primarily on | 28 | |
| 4905126591 | Topsoil | A horizon commonly referred to as A- Horizon | 29 | |
| 4905136235 | partially decomposed organic matter | Humus is | 30 | |
| 4905138454 | Nitrogen | The most common gas found in the atmosphere | 31 | |
| 4905142481 | Carbohydrate Cycle | All of the following are general types of nutrient cycles except | 32 | |
| 4905147257 | Phosphorus | The major plant nutrients most likely to be a limiting factor is | 33 | |
| 4905162776 | High; high | Sand has a ______ permeablilty and a ________ porosity | 34 | |
| 4905167006 | Water | The hydrologic cycle refers to movement of | 35 | |
| 4905173065 | moving water | Most soil erosion is caused by | 36 | |
| 4905195190 | Transpiration | Of the following processes of the water cycle, the one working against gravity is | 37 | |
| 4905195191 | Atmospheric cycle | The nitrogen cycle is an example of an | 38 | |
| 4905195192 | clay | Which of the following types of soil has the least pore space | 39 | |
| 4905200584 | All of those | An example of a microbe is | 40 | |
| 4905205809 | Porosity | Soil texture most directly determines | 41 | |
| 4905215715 | crust and upper mantle | The lithosphere is made up of | 42 | |
| 4905218428 | Bedrock | As it weathered ________ gives rise to the C Horizon | 43 | |
| 4905227428 | O | The surface litter is described by the letter | 44 | |
| 4905235372 | all of the following | Humans add sulfur to the atmosphere by | 45 | |
| 4905242140 | Weathering | Soil is developed most directly through | 46 | |
| 4905251113 | applying organic fertilizers to agricultural land | Humans remove nitrogen from the soil by all of the following except | 47 | |
| 4905256695 | all of the above | The theory of plate tectonics explains | 48 | |
| 4905265710 | Coal | Which of the following rocks is most likely to be formed from compacted plant remains | 49 | |
| 4905273108 | transform fault | Tectonics in opposite but parallel directions along a fault at a | 50 | |
| 4905290507 | lithosphere | Where a geologist collect rock and soil samples | 51 | |
| 4905297873 | creation of a fault | The earthquake is most directly caused by | 52 | |
| 4905307645 | metamorphism | The changes of rocks from one rock to another | 53 | |
| 4905313147 | plastic region in the mantle | The aethenosphere is | 54 |
