Fast and the Curious The Nitrogen Cycle

process where N2 is broken apart by lightning, and nitrogen compounds fall with the rain 

• atmospheric fixation

• biological fixation

• Nitrogen Cycle

• nitrogen fixation

processes during which nitrogen moves through both living and non-living things: the atmosphere, soil, water, plants, animals and bacteria

• atmospheric fixation

• biological fixation

• Nitrogen Cycle

• nitrogen fixation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the process of converting atmospheric nitrogen into the nitrogenous compounds which plants require

• atmospheric fixation

• biological fixation

• Nitrogen Cycle

• nitrogen fixation

the changing of free nitrogen in the air into a combined form (as ammonia) especially by bacteria in the soil and in roots

• atmospheric fixation

• biological fixation

• Nitrogen Cycle

• nitrogen fixation

process where N2 in an organism’s body is changed to NH4 by decomposers

• atmospheric fixation

• ammonification

• assimilation

• denitrification 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

bacteria in oxygen-poor environments create nitrogen gas

• nitrates

• ammonification

• assimilation

• denitrification 

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

type of relationship between plant roots and bacteria

• nitrates

• ammonification

• symbiotic

• resevoir

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

bacteria and fertilizers add this compound to the soil

• nitrates

• assimilation

• symbiotic

• resevoir

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

when plants take in NH4 and convert it to usable N2

• nitrates

• assimilation

• symbiotic

• resevoir

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

• nitrates

• assimilation

• symbiotic

• resevoir

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4