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	After one organism uses a component, that component must be converted (recycled), at the expense of some solar energy, to a reusable form, and this process can take from a decade to millions of years to complete.

	True False

	The most abundant single substance in the biosphere is water.

	True False

	Resident and in transit are the two ways in which water is found in the biosphere.

	True False

	The main carbon cycle is conversion from carbon monoxide to living matter and back to carbon monoxide.

	True False

	Carbon moves constantly from the inorganic reservoir to the living system and back again.

	True False

	For the vast majority of living organisms, atmospheric nitrogen is usable only after it has been converted to nitrates that can be used by plants.

	True False

	In the process of denitrification, gas becomes part of the atmosphere where it is then carried by rain back to Earth, where it reenters the soil.

	True False

	Biota refers to the total complex of flora and fauna.
	Biota refers to the total complex of flora and fauna.
	True False

	A tundra could not be classified as a biome.
	A tundra could not be classified as a biome.
	True False

	The broad distribution patterns of the biota are governed more significantly by the availability of moisture than by any other single environmental factor.

	True False

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True-False Quiz

After one organism uses a component, that component must be converted (recycled), at the expense of some solar energy, to a reusable form, and this process can take from a decade to millions of years to complete.

The most abundant single substance in the biosphere is water.

Resident and in transit are the two ways in which water is found in the biosphere.

The main carbon cycle is conversion from carbon monoxide to living matter and back to carbon monoxide.

Carbon moves constantly from the inorganic reservoir to the living system and back again.

For the vast majority of living organisms, atmospheric nitrogen is usable only after it has been converted to nitrates that can be used by plants.

In the process of denitrification, gas becomes part of the atmosphere where it is then carried by rain back to Earth, where it reenters the soil.

Biota refers to the total complex of flora and fauna.

A tundra could not be classified as a biome.

The broad distribution patterns of the biota are governed more significantly by the availability of moisture than by any other single environmental factor.