Activities Quiz

Chapter 37: Plant Nutrition

Activities Quiz

1 .

Click on the diagram to start the animation.
What name is given to the process seen in this animation? (Activity: How Plants Obtain Minerals from Soil)

root hair exchange

ion pumping

carbonation

anion exchange

cation exchange

2 .

The release of CO₂ into the soil results in the formation of _____. (Activity: How Plants Obtain Minerals from Soil)

hydrogen ions and oxygen ions

sodium ions and chloride ions

hydrogen ions and carbonate ions

carbonate ions and oxygen ions

potassium ions and calcium ions

3 .

What process is the source of the CO₂ that root hairs release into the soil? (Activity: How Plants Obtain Minerals from Soil)

photosynthesis

respiration

photolysis

photosynthesis and respiration

respiration and photolysis

4 .

The binding of H^– ions to soil particles _____. (Activity: How Plants Obtain Minerals from Soil)

displaces mineral cations

displaces mineral anions

promotes the clumping of soil particles

is counteracted by acid precipitation

displaces nitrates from soil particles

5 .

Which of these ions is most likely to be leached from the soil? (Activity: How Plants Obtain Minerals from Soil)

potassium ions

magnesium ions

calcium ions

chlorine ions

iron ions

6 .

Acid precipitation _____. (Activity: How Plants Obtain Minerals from Soil)

promotes the attachment of anions to soil particles

enhances the diffusion of cations into root hairs

has no effect on soil fertility

increases soil fertility

decreases soil fertility

7 .

How do cations enter root hairs? (Activity: How Plants Obtain Minerals from Soil)

osmosis

active transport

endocytosis

phagocytosis

diffusion

8 .

Assimilation is indicated by the letter(s) _____. (Activity: The Nitrogen Cycle)

question 8

A

B

C

C and D

D and E

9 .

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria is(are) indicated by the letter(s) _____. (Activity: The Nitrogen Cycle)
question 9

A

A and B

B and C

C and D

D and E

10 .

Nitrification is indicated by the letter(s) _____. (Activity: The Nitrogen Cycle)

question 10

A

B

B and C

B and E

D and E

11 .

Denitrifying bacteria convert _____ to _____. (Activity: The Nitrogen Cycle)

ammonium ... nitrogen gas

nitrates ... nitrogen gas

nitrogen gas ... ammonium

nitrogen gas ... nitrates

nitrogen gas ... nitrites

12 .

Nitrifying bacteria convert _____ to _____. (Activity: The Nitrogen Cycle)

nitrogen gas ... ammonium

nitrogen gas ... nitrates

ammonium ... nitrites

nitrates ... nitrogen gas

ammonium ... nitrogen gas

13 .

_____ removes nitrogen from the atmosphere. (Activity: The Nitrogen Cycle)

Denitrification

Nitrification

Mineralization

Nitrogen fixation

Assimilation

14 .

Which one of these is a nitrate? (Activity: The Nitrogen Cycle)

NO₂^–

NH₄^–

NH₂

SH

NO₃^–

15 .

Which one of these is a nitrite? (Activity: The Nitrogen Cycle)

NO₂^–

NH₄^–

NH₂

PO₄^–

NO₃^–