{
  "id": "5cb4efed-8680-557e-8927-b17ab5f7d486",
  "slug": "nutrient-cycles-and-human-impact",
  "title": "Nutrient cycles and human impact",
  "course": "General Biology",
  "questionCount": 18,
  "page": "https://splycr.com/general-biology/nutrient-cycles-and-human-impact",
  "data": "https://splycr.com/library/nutrient-cycles-and-human-impact.json",
  "play": "https://splycr.com/?set=5cb4efed-8680-557e-8927-b17ab5f7d486",
  "source": {
    "name": "Biology by Bradford",
    "href": "https://www.biologybybradford.com",
    "note": "Written for the splycr library by Biology by Bradford."
  },
  "questions": [
    {
      "number": 1,
      "question": "Process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?",
      "answer": "Photosynthesis",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Respiration",
        "Combustion",
        "Decomposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 2,
      "question": "Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide by which process?",
      "answer": "Combustion",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Respiration",
        "Photosynthesis",
        "Decomposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 3,
      "question": "Breakdown of dead organisms by microorganisms, returning nutrients to the soil?",
      "answer": "Decay",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Combustion",
        "Photosynthesis",
        "Nitrogen fixation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 4,
      "question": "Food keeps longer in a fridge because decay is slowed by conditions that are…?",
      "answer": "Cold",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Moist",
        "Warm",
        "Aerated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 5,
      "question": "Gas needed by most decomposers to break down material quickly?",
      "answer": "Oxygen",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Carbon dioxide",
        "Nitrogen",
        "Methane"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 6,
      "question": "Microbes in legume root nodules that convert N₂ gas into ammonium compounds?",
      "answer": "Nitrogen-fixing bacteria",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Nitrifying bacteria",
        "Denitrifying bacteria",
        "Decomposers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 7,
      "question": "Soil microbes that convert ammonium ions into NO₃⁻ ions?",
      "answer": "Nitrifying bacteria",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Nitrogen-fixing bacteria",
        "Denitrifying bacteria",
        "Decomposers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 8,
      "question": "Microbes in waterlogged soil that convert NO₃⁻ ions back into N₂ gas?",
      "answer": "Denitrifying bacteria",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Nitrifying bacteria",
        "Nitrogen-fixing bacteria",
        "Decomposers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 9,
      "question": "Loss of water vapour from the leaves of plants?",
      "answer": "Transpiration",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Condensation",
        "Precipitation",
        "Infiltration"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 10,
      "question": "Cooling of water vapour to form clouds?",
      "answer": "Condensation",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Evaporation",
        "Transpiration",
        "Precipitation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 11,
      "question": "Greenhouse gas released in large amounts by cattle and rice paddies?",
      "answer": "Methane",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Carbon dioxide",
        "Sulfur dioxide",
        "Ozone"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 12,
      "question": "Rise in Earth's average temperature caused by extra greenhouse gases?",
      "answer": "Global warming",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Ozone depletion",
        "Acid rain",
        "Eutrophication"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 13,
      "question": "Gas from burning coal that is a main cause of acid rain?",
      "answer": "Sulfur dioxide",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Carbon monoxide",
        "Methane",
        "Ozone"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 14,
      "question": "Algal growth from fertiliser run-off that leads to oxygen loss in lakes?",
      "answer": "Eutrophication",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Bioaccumulation",
        "Acid rain",
        "Deforestation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 15,
      "question": "Build-up of toxins, such as DDT, at higher concentrations in organisms further up a food chain?",
      "answer": "Bioaccumulation",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Eutrophication",
        "Biodegradation",
        "Decomposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 16,
      "question": "Large-scale clearing of trees, for example for cattle ranching?",
      "answer": "Deforestation",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Desertification",
        "Eutrophication",
        "Afforestation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 17,
      "question": "Gas released when drained peat bogs are burned or left to decay in air?",
      "answer": "Carbon dioxide",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Oxygen",
        "Nitrogen",
        "Ozone"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 18,
      "question": "The variety of different species in an area?",
      "answer": "Biodiversity",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Population",
        "Community",
        "Habitat"
      ]
    }
  ]
}