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What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?
bacteria
rain
fungi
car exhaust
What process occurs when dead plant and animal matter decomposes and nitrogen is released back into the atmosphere?
Assimilation
Fixation
Ammonification
Denitrification
According to this diagram, plants use nitrogen to make _________________________
bacteria
animals
proteins
decomposers
A correct path that nitrogen could take would be
air -> animals -> plants -> bacteria
animals -> air -> bacteria -> plants
bacteria -> air -> plants -> animals
air -> bacteria -> plants -> animals
The biological transformation of ammonia or ammonium to nitrites and nitrates.
ammonification
denitrification
nitrification
nitrogen fixation
Which process makes nitrites from ammonia?
ammonification
denitrification
nitrification
nitrogen fixation
What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?
bacteria
rain
fungi
car exhaust
How is nitrogen "fixed" into a usable form for plants?
Through action of bacteria only
Through lightning only
Through action of bacteria and lightning
Through photosynthesis
What is the process of combining nitrogen gas with other elements to make nitrogen into usable compounds?
nitrogen composition
nitrogen fixation
ammonia
denitrification
What is the formula for atmospheric nitrogen?
N
N2
NH3
NO3
What process occurs when dead plant and animal matter decomposes and nitrogen is released back into the atmosphere?
Assimilation
Fixation
Ammonification
Denitrification
Plants and animals cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.
True
False
Match the following steps of the nitrogen cycle to how they move bacteria.
Assimilation | Atmosphere to Geosphere | ||
Nitrogen Fixation | Geosphere to Biosphere | ||
Denitrification | Biosphere to Geosphere | ||
Ammonification | Geosphere to Atmosphere |
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