The water cycle, hydrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle, and oxygen cycle are all examples of

A. long-term cycles.
B. tipping point cycles.
C. nutrient biogeochemical cycles.
D. diversity cycles.
E. natural cycles.


Answer: C

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

New Caledonia has close political ties to

A) France B) United States C) New Zealand D) Australia E) United Kingdom

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

An example of artificial selection is the

A) breeding of corn from teosinte. B) observation that some snakes retain tiny, incomplete hind legs. C) evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. D) fact that all mammalian limbs are made up of the same set of bones.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Over the earth as a whole, one would expect to observe the smallest variation in temperature from

day to day and from month to month:a. at the North Pole. b. in the center of a large land mass. c. along the Pacific coast of North America. d. high in the mountains in the middle of a continent. e. on a small island near the equator

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

The rate of cooling of an igneous rock can be determined by the:

a. silica content b. color c. quartz content d. texture

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences