The Nitrogen Cycle Vocabulary

Describes how nitrogen moves between various reservoirs.

• The Carbon Cycle

• The Nitrogen Cycle

• The Oxygen Cycle

• The Water Cycle

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Process where atmospheric nitrogen molecules in the air break apart and combine with other atoms to form ammonium.

• Nitrification

• Fixation

• Assimilation

• Denitrification

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A place where anything is kept or stored.

• reservoir

• cycle

• process

• effect

Process where nitrifying bacteria in the ground combine ammonia with oxygen to form nitrites and then another group of nitrifying bacteria convert nitrites to nitrates.

• Ammonification

• Nitrification

• Fixation

• Denitrification

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A series of actions that produce something or that lead to a particular result.

• reservoir

• process

• cycle

• cause

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The process where green plants absorb nitrates which are then eaten by consumers.

• Assimilation

• Decomposition

• Ammonification

• Fixation

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During this process, nitrates found in the soil are converted back into atmospheric nitrogen and the nitrogen cycle can begin again.

• Nitrification

• Fixation

• Ammonification

• Denitrification

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This process is part of the decay process and ammonia is absorbed and stored in the soil.

• Assimilation

• Ammonification

• Denitrification

• Nitrification

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Process that plants use to make their own food.

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Fixation

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Important organisms that carry out many processes in The Nitrogen Cycle.

• bacteria

• phytoplankton

• producers

• insects

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