Nitrogen Cycle

According to this diagram, animals get proteins from eating ________________________

• decomposers

• bacteria

• plants

• sunlight

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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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In the nitrogen cycle, what does label A in the diagram represent?

• Gas

• Clouds

• Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• Nitrogen in the atmosphere

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What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?

• bacteria

• rain

• fungi

• car exhaust

How is nitrogen "fixed" into a usable form for plants?

• Through action of bacteria only

• Through lightning only

• Through action of bacteria and lightning

• Through photosynthesis

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How do animals get the nitrogen they need?

• From the air they breathe

• From the water they drink

• From the food they eat

• From the sun

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Gas that makes up 78% of our atmosphere.

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

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

• nitrogen composition

• nitrogen fixation

• ammonia

• denitrification

The process that allows organisms to use nitrogen

• assimilation

• denitrification

• fixation

• ammonification

Bacteria fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into a form plants can use.

• True

• False

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