Vocab- Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

Cycling of organic and inorganic matter through living organisms and the environment.

• lithosphere

• nutrient cycle

• legume

• carbon cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process of converting nitrogen into ammonium by bacteria.

• ammonification

• denitrification

• nitrofication

• detrivore

The continuous movement of carbon among the abiotic environment and living things.

• nutrient cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• water cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The reduction of oxidized forms of nitrogen (nitrates), ultimately resulting in molecular nitrogen.

• ammonification

• denitrification

• nitrification

• nitrogen fixation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that feeds on dead or decaying plant or animal remains.

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• detrivore

A family of plants including beans, alfalfa, and peas, most of which harbor symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing bacteria in nodules in their roots.

• producers

• legumes

• prokaryotes

• tubers

The outermost part of the Earth, comprising the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.

• biosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• stratosphere

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

• ammonification

• denitrification

• nitrification

• nitrogen fixation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Bacterial action that results in the combination of atmospheric nitrogen with other elements; making nitrogen available for use by plants.

• ammonificaiton

• denitrification

• nitrification

• nitrogen fixation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which process uses bacteria?

• ammonification

• denitrification

• nitrification

• nitrogen fixation