Biogeochemical Cycles - Environmental Science Class

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Most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

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Nitrogen

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Nitrogen in the atmosphere as gas is _____.

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free nitrogen

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Type of nitrogen usable by producers:

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Nitrogen compounds

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Nitrogen-fixation process

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Free nitrogen converts to nitrogen compounds.

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Denitrification process:

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Nitrogen compounds convert to free nitrogen.

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Process that removes carbon from the atmosphere:

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Photosynthesis

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Carbon storage locations

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Fossil fuels, wood of trees, calcium carbonate (shells and bones) - All of the above.

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Products of photosynthesis

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Oxygen and glucose

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Products of cellular respiration:

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carbon dioxide, water, usable energy.

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Role of nitrogen in living organisms

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Essential for making proteins and amino acids.