MRSM NITROGEN CYCLE

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Denitrification...

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nitrogen is released back into the atmosphere from the animal’s waste or decomposers

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What is Nitrogen support with life?

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Amino Acids and DNA

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Which nitrogen cycle process is occurring when bacteria convert ammonium to nitrite and then into nitrate?

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nitrification

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Which nitrogen cycle process converts atmospheric nitrogen to a soil form usable by plants?

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nitrogen fixation

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Organisms that break down dead plants & animals and release nitrogen back into atmosphere...

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bacteria

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Organisms that need nitrogen to survive

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all living organisms

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Why can't we get nitrogen by breathing if the atmosphere is 78% N₂?

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

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Can plants and animals use nitrogen directly from the air?

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True

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What process returns nitrogen from plants and animals back into the atmosphere and soil?

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decomposition

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Nitrification happens in the ______

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Soil