Nitrogen Cycle

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What is the process of combining nitrogen gas with other elements to make nitrogen into usable compounds?

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nitrogen fixation

Front

How much of the atmosphere is composed of nitrogen gas?

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78%

Front

If the atmosphere is 78% N₂, why can't we just get our nitrogen by breathing?

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We have no mechanism to break the triple bond of nitrogen between the atoms.

Front

_____ is the conversion of organic nitrogen into ammonia

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Ammonification

Front

What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals? Options: bacteria, rain, fungi, car exhaust

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bacteria

Front

What process occurs when dead plant and animal matter decomposes and nitrogen is released back into the atmosphere?

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Denitrification

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According to this diagram, plants use nitrogen to make _________________________

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proteins

Front

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

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air -> bacteria -> plants -> animals

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The biological transformation of ammonia or ammonium to nitrites and nitrates.

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nitrification

Front

Which process makes nitrites from ammonia?

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nitrification